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document.write( "Apply Pythagorean theorem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x = distance from ear to top of tree<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 = 50^2 + 120^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 2500 + 14400<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 16900<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = sqrt(16900)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 130 feet<BR>\n" );
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