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document.write( "Sketch the picture.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have a right triangle with hypotenuse = 10 ft, height = h ft,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and base angle = 60 degrees.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sin(60) = h/10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 10*sin(60) = 8.66 ft<BR>\n" );
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