Easy question about CSS positioning

[Benjamin Esham]

I have been trying to create this layout with CSS in XHTML:

a b

where a and b are both <div> elements with more content inside. I tried
setting `width: 48%' on both and `float: right' on b, but I'm still
getting this layout:

a
b

I know that it's possible to put b next to a using absolute positioning,
but this is at the bottom of a page, and there is an arbitrary amount of
text above this. How can I make a and b line up horizontally? Thanks!

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[David Dorward]

Benjamin Esham wrote:

I have been trying to create this layout with CSS in XHTML:

a b

where a and b are both <div> elements with more content inside. I tried
setting `width: 48%' on both and `float: right' on b

Float lets things further down move _up_ to sit next to the floated element.
Float a left.

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