SOLUTION: In Amanda and Emily’s apartment, a round table is shoved into the corner of the room. The table touches the two walls at points that are 17 inches apart. How far is the center of t

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Question 892390: In Amanda and Emily’s apartment, a round table is shoved into the corner of the room. The table touches the two walls at points that are 17 inches apart. How far is the center of the table from the corner?
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The table touches the two walls at points that are 17 inches apart.
How far is the center of the table from the corner?
:
Drawing a line from the center to the points which touches the wall (the radii),
forms a square with the wall, the diagonal is 17 inches, the other diagonal is
the dist from the corner to the center, it is also 17 inches.