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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose you travel north for 65 kilometers then travel east 75 kilometers. How far are you from your starting point? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw the picture.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have two sides of a right triangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Join the end points and you will have the hypotenuse of the triangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The answer to your problem is the length of the hypotenuse.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h=sqrt(65^2+75^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h=sqrt9850=99.25 miles\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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