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document.write( "One side of a rectangular stage is 2 meters longer than the other. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the diagonal is 10 meters, then what are the lengths of the sides?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The solution and the answer in the post by @HyperBrain both are  incorrect due to arithmetic error.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See my correct solution below.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = width<BR>\n" );
document.write( ". . x+2 = length<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The diagonal of length 10 acts as the hypotenuse while x and x+2 are the legs. Using the Pythagorean theorem,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x2+(x+2)^2 = 10^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 + x^2 + 4x + 4 = 100\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x^2 + 4x - 96 = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " x^2 + 2x - 48 = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x+8)*(x-6) = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the positive root x = 6.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The sides are 6 meters and 8 meters. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>ANSWER</U>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solved correctly.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The fact that @HyperBrain repeats these words \"Power up, @HyperBrain!\" from post to post,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "tells me that he uses a computer code.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The fact that @HyperBrain makes numerous errors from post to post,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "tells me that his goal is to run the code, ONLY, without thinking is it correct or wrong.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The correctness of his solution is permanently out of his consideration.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The correctness is not interesting to him.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When a person writes this way, his character is seen through his writing as a clear day.\r<BR>\n" );
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