document.write( "Question 680252: John’s barn is 200 yards due north of his house and his tractor is 300
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John’s barn is 200 yards due north of his house and his tractor is 300 yards due east of his house.
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\n" ); document.write( "This is a pythag problem; a^2 + b^2 = c^2, where
\n" ); document.write( "a = 200
\n" ); document.write( "b = 300
\n" ); document.write( "c = dist from tractor to barn (hypotenuse)
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\n" ); document.write( "c = $\"sqrt%28200%5E2+%2B+300%5E2%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "c = 360.555 yds, which is none of the above \n" ); document.write( "

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