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document.write( "Your guiding equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify it:\r\n" );
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document.write( " = ,   or\r\n" );
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document.write( "2.5x = 35.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, x =  = 14 feet.\r\n" );
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