document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1205673>Question 1205673</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the distance between the centers of the two circles is 13 cm. If their radii are 5cm and 8cm, how long is their common external tangent segment?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the radii of the circles are 5 cm and 8 cm and the distance between their centers is 13 cm,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then these circles touch each other and have only one common point, which is the tangent point.\r<BR>\n" );
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