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\n" ); document.write( "In a triangle f, the shorter leg is 1 less than one-third of the longer leg while the hypotenuse is 1 more then the longer leg.
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document.write( " +  = ,  (x is the shorter leg measure)\r\n" );
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document.write( " -  +  +  = , -----> multiply by 9 both sides ----->\r\n" );
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document.write( " +  = , \r\n" );
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document.write( " = ,\r\n" );
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document.write( "x = 24.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Check that the solution is correct.\r\n" );
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