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document.write( "The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 4cm less than twice as long as one of the other side 
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document.write( "If the third side is 16 cm long, find the length of the hypotenuse.
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document.write( "Applying the Pythagorean Theorem
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document.write( " 16^2 + x^2 = y^2      | 
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document.write( " 256 + x^2 = 4x^2 - 16x + 16 
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document.write( "  3x^2 -16x - 240 = 0
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document.write( "        x = 12cm, the other leg    (throwing out negative solution for unit measure)
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document.write( " Hypotenuse is 20cm        
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document.write( "and...
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