document.write( "Question 1027889: Why does height have to be measure vertically?
\n" ); document.write( "Why does the distance between two things have to be measure horizontally?
\n" ); document.write( "Why can't a hypotenuse for example between two buildings represent the distance or tell us the height?
\n" ); document.write( "What does it represent if a vertical lines measures height and a horizontal lines represents distance.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I asked this before here, and got the reply \"It doesn't make sense.\" \r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #643074 by ikleyn(52803) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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