HTML:

<div class="wrapper">
  <div class="left-sidebar">
    <h1>Left Sidebar</h1>
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  </div>
  <div class="content">
    <h1>Content</h1>
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  </div>
  <div class="right-sidebar">
    <h1>Right Sidebar</h1>
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  </div>
</div>

CSS:

.wrapper {
  width:600px;
  background-color:pink;
  padding:20px;

  /* Floated elements don't use any height. Adding "overflow:hidden;" forces the
     parent element to expand to contain its floated children. */
  overflow:hidden;
}

.left-sidebar {
  width:150px;
  background-color:blue;
  float:left;
}

.content {
  width:300px;
  background-color:yellow;
  float:left;
}

.right-sidebar {
  width:150px;
  background-color:green;
  float:right;
}