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document.write( "Let shortest leg be \"x\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2nd leg = 4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hypotenuse = sqrt(x^2 + (4x)^2) = sqrt(17x^2) = x*sqrt(17)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Perimeter = x + 4x + x*sqrt(17)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P = (5+sqrt(17)x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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