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What's different about these equations? A = lw V = lwh D = rt
{a}^(2) + {b}^(2) = {c}^(2)

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Equation 1 calculates the area of a plane rectangular shape

The second equation calculates the volume of a rectngular solid

The third calculates the distance given the spped and the time

The last equation calculates the square of the length of the longest side in a right-angled triangle (the hypotenuse) using the pythagoras' theorem

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