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document.write( "You have this right angled triangle ESB  (E= Ed, S = sister and B = brother).\r\n" );
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document.write( "The hypotenuse BS is 13 meters. The leg ES is unknown, the leg EB is 5 meters.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Use Pythagoras to find ES =  =  =  = 12.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The distance ES is 12 meters.\r\n" );
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