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Default Application of algebra

"Ignoramus27711" wrote in message
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Do you remember

A^2 + B^2 = C^2

Pick any two and calculate the third. I used to use it all the time in my
dad's hardware store to calculate how much guy wire somebody needed to
support an antenna tower. Same principle, different application.