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document.write( "It is used to find missing sides in a right triangle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is a^2 + b^2 = c^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where a and b are the legs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and c is the hypotenuse (the side across from the right angle}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It means \"the sum of the squares of the legs (a^2 + b^2), <BR>\n" );
document.write( "is equal to the square of the hypotenuse (c^2)\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When you substitute in the sides, it doesn't matter which side is a or b, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "but the hypotenuse must be c.<BR>\n" );
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