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document.write( "For isoceles right triangle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let x=length of each leg<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hypotenuse=18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "by pythagorean theorem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+x^2=18^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x^2=18^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2=18^2/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=18/&#8730;2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=9&#8730;2 </SPAN>\n" );
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