document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=203747>Question 203747</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> On a sunny day, a tree and its shadow form the sides of a right triangle. If the hypotenuse is 52 m long and the tree is 48 m tal, how long is the shadow? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let us see the tree and the shadow form a Right Triangle:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "*The only unknwon side of the triangle is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=red%28a%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"red%28a%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, that is the distance from the end of the shadow to the tree.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "By Pyth. Theorem, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%5E2%2Bb%5E2=c%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%5E2%2Bb%5E2=c%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%5E2=c%5E2-b%5E2=52%5E2-48%5E2=2704-2304=400 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%5E2=c%5E2-b%5E2=52%5E2-48%5E2=2704-2304=400\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=red%28a=20m%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"red%28a=20m%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, Answer\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Jojo</font> </SPAN>\n" );
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