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document.write( "The proportion is  = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, x =  = 42.3.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The condition says: \"The triangles are proportional\".\r\n" );
document.write( "It is very strange (and incorrect) terminology.\r\n" );
document.write( "The triangles are SIMILAR.\r\n" );
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