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document.write( "No.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Draw an arbitrary base.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sketch an equal length line sement above and parallel to that base.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Mark a point on the left, the middle and the right of that parallel line segment.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sketch the 3 triangles you get using the endpoints of the base and one of those <BR>\n" );
document.write( "points on the parallel line segment.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The base and height are the same for the 3 triangles,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but two are scalene; the other is obtuse; and you could probably pick<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a point where the triangle is a right triangle.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. <BR>\n" );
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