document.write( "Question 1073955: six congruents circular poles, each with a radius of 3 inches, are bound together by a rope wrapped around the circles two times. find the length of the rope. the circles are tangent to eachother \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Blue segments = 2 * pi * r = 6pi in.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Total: \"36+%2B+6%28pi%29\" in
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