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document.write( " ft. The room is going to be split in half along the hypotenuse of a triangle using string. Find the length of the piece of string needed. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "ft. The room is going to be split in half along the hypotenuse of a triangle using string. Find the length of the piece of string needed. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h^2 = 5^2 + 12^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h = sqrt[25+144]<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "h = 13 ft<BR>\n" );
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