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document.write( "If it makes a 45 degree angle with the side the rectangle is a square.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the diagonal is 8 and the sides are respectively \"x\", by Pythagoras<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you get x^2 + x^2 = 8^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x^2 = 64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 4sqrt2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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