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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i get the Pythagorean theorem, but the exponents confuse me.  I tried a guess and check, but that confused me even more.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sincerely, Forrest Balman  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "draw first any right triangle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let a=the vertical line segment<BR>\n" );
document.write( "____b=the horizontal line segment<BR>\n" );
document.write( "____c=the diagonal line.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The phytagorean theorem states that \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In other words----the sum of the squares of a and b is equivalent to the square of c.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, the phytagoren theorem, can be restated that,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Power up,<BR>\n" );
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