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document.write( "let width be x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length = 2x-1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the sides and the diagonal form a rectangle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+(2x-1)^2=17^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+4x^2-4x+1=289<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x^2-4x+1-289=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x^2-4x-288=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x^2-40x+x+36x-288=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x(x-8)+36(x-8)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-8)(5x+36)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 8m the width <BR>\n" );
document.write( "length = 2x-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=16-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=15 m the length<BR>\n" );
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