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document.write( "The hypotenuse would have to be the longest side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Pythagoras:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hypotenuse^2 = leg1^2 + leg2^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "37^2 = 12^2 + 34^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1369 = 144 + 1156<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1369 = 1300<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "False; so the measures could not be the sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of a right triangle.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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