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-------------------------Trivia #180--------------------- Two posts 27m apart are supported by a wire connected from their top to a peg pinned on the ground along the straight path in between them. If the posts are 20m and 16m respectively and the wire used is the shortest possible, how far is the peg from the shorter post? ----------------------2/10/2016----------------------- #Geometry

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