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document.write( "If the longer side of a rectangle is 8 cm, and the diagonal is 12 cm, find the length of the shorter side of the rectangle. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x = shorter side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Using Pythagorean Theorem:<BR>\n" );
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