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document.write( "Draw the picture and you'll see that you have a right triangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ans: Distance from Sally's to Dave's is the diagonal of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a triangle ith sides 3 and 4.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D = sqrt[3^2+4^2] = sqrt(25) = 5 miles<BR>\n" );
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