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document.write( "Draw the picture.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have a triangle with base angles of 38 and 90.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let the side opposite the 38 degrees be 21.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for the hypotenuse:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sin(38) = opp/hypotenuse <BR>\n" );
document.write( "hypo = 21/sin(38)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hypo = 34.11 ft.<BR>\n" );
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