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The length, width, and diagonal of a rectangle form a right triangle.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"L%5E2%2B8%5E2=17%5E2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"L%5E2=289-49\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"L%5E2=240\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"L=sqrt%28240%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"L=4%2Asqrt%2815%29\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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