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\n" ); document.write( "The railing of a stairway extends onto a landing.
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\n" ); document.write( "Find the distance between each pair of posts.
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document.write( "Free space between the end posts before inserting five posts is  22 3/4 inches.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Free space between the end posts AFTER  inserting five posts is  22 3/4 MINUS 5 times 1 1/4 inches, or\r\n" );
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document.write( "     =  inches.\r\n" );
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document.write( "After inserting five posts, it will be 6 gaps between end posts, and each gap will be   : 6 =  inches.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The distance between each pair of neighbor posts will be  =   inches.\r\n" );
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