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document.write( "Option 1, work it out the hard way.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + (x+1)^2 + (x+2)^2 = 96<BR>\n" );
document.write( "tho it wasn't spec'd to be a right triangle.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Or,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "remember the 3-4-5 right triangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Its perimeter = 12<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "--> 3*8 - 4*8 - 5*8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> 24, 32, 40<BR>\n" );
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