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document.write( "Let x = the length of the legs of the right triangle\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x^2 = 54^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 54^2/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 54/2^1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 54*sqrt of 2/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 27*sqrt of 2 </SPAN>\n" );
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