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document.write( "Pythagoras only refers to Pythagorean triples.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the missing side be \"x\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + 9^2 = 12^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 144-81<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 63<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 3sqrt(7)<BR>\n" );
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