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document.write( "Hypotenuse = 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "One side =8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let other side be x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Pythagoras theorem = hyp^= side1 ^2 + side2 ^ \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15^2= 8^+x^2   <BR>\n" );
document.write( "15^-8^2= x^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "225-64=x^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sqrt  161 =x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area of right triangle = ½ * side 1* side2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=½ *8*12.69<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 50.76 sq. units<BR>\n" );
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