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document.write( "1.  Calculate the length of each of the tree sides of the triangle, using the formula for the distance between the points in a coordinate plane.\r\n" );
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document.write( "2.  Then check that the square of the longest of the three sides is the sum\r\n" );
document.write( "    of squares of the two other sides (Pythagorean equality).\r\n" );
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