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document.write( "1 time longer = 2 times as long.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 1/2 times longer = 2.5 times as long<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "s = 1st side length<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.5s = 2nd side length<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s-2 = 3rd side<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add them.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sum is 98 cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve for s </SPAN>\n" );
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