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Old 02-14-2006, 08:50 AM   #3 (permalink)
rlbond86
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They get the distance by drawing a line from m5 to each of the masses.
The length of the side of the square is 19, so the length of the diagonal is 19*sqrt(2), so half the diagonal is 9.5*sqrt(2) = 13.44
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