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From: "B. Pym" <Nobody447095@here-nor-there.org>
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Subject: Re: Sum of squares
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 00:29:06 -0000 (UTC)
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>   Define a procedure that takes three numbers as arguments and returns 
>   the sum of the squares of the two larger numbers.

(define (sos a b c)
  (cond ((> a b) (sos b a c))
        ((> b c) (sos a c b))
        (#t (+ (* b b) (* c c)))))