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document.write( "Draw the picture.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Draw a diagonal.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have a rectangle with height = 9, hypotenuse = 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and base = \"x\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use Pythagoras to solve for \"x\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + 9^2 = 15^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 225-81<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 144<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 12 inches (width of the screen)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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