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document.write( "this forms a right triangle\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the rope is the hypotenuse\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "36 is one leg\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the base is the other leg\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "120^2-36^2= base^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "13104 = base ^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "base = sqrt 13104\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "base = 114 .47 feet from the base of the pole\r<BR>\n" );
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