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document.write( "Draw the picture.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Draw a line from corner to opposite corner.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The corner to corner line is the hypotenuse of a right triangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use Pythagoras to find the length of the hypotenuse.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h^2 = 20^2 + 20^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h^2 = 2*20^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 20sqrt(2)feet<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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