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document.write( "Draw the picture.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have a right triangle with <BR>\n" );
document.write( "hypotenuse = 20'<BR>\n" );
document.write( "acute angle formed by hypotenuse and flagpole = 35 degrees<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "find the other side of the 35 degree angle.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cos(35) = flagpole/20<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "flagpole = 20*cos(35) = 16.38'<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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