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document.write( "The height is perpendicular to the base so you have two right<BR>\n" );
document.write( "triangles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The height bisects the base so you have 2 base segment of 1.9m each<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use Pythagoras to find the length of a side:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s^2 = 1.9^2 + 1.4^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s^2 = 5.57 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "side = 2.36<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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