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document.write( "In a right triangle the longest side is the hypotenuse.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Pythagorean Theorem is a² + b² = c²<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a and b are the legs, c is the hypotenuse\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "20² + b² = 29² {substituted given information into the pythagorean theorem}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "400 + b² = 841 {squared 20 and 29}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b² = 441 {subtracted 400 from both sides}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 21 {took square root of both sides}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The triangle has sides of 20m, 21m, and 29m<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Perimeter of the triangle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 20 + 21 + 29<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 70 m<BR>\n" );
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