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document.write( "A ladder which is 3.4 meters long is leaning against a wall. Its base is 1.6 meters from the wall. How many meters up the wall does the ladder reach?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Apply the Pythagorean theorem.\r<BR>\n" );
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