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document.write( "An airplane is 12,000 ft horizontally from the airport.  The slanted distance to the airport is 13,000 ft.  what is the plane’s altitude?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "13000 is the hypotenuse of a right triangle, and 12000 is one leg.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The altitude = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%2813000%5E2+-+12000%5E2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%2813000%5E2+-+12000%5E2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "=<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1000sqrt%2813%5E2+-+12%5E2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1000sqrt%2813%5E2+-+12%5E2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "=<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1000sqrt%28169+-+144%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1000sqrt%28169+-+144%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "=<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1000sqrt%2825%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1000sqrt%2825%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "=1000*5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 5000 feet\r<BR>\n" );
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