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document.write( "You apply trigonometry.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cos  = adjacent/hypotenuse<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let h = hypotenuse<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cos 35 = 5/h<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h*cos 35 = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 5/cos 35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 6.10 meters\r<BR>\n" );
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