SOLUTION: Consumer Application: Televisions and computer screens are usually advertised based on the length of their diagonals. If the height of a computer screen is 11in. and the width is 1

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Question 214514: Consumer Application: Televisions and computer screens are usually advertised based on the length of their diagonals. If the height of a computer screen is 11in. and the width is 14in., What is the length of the diagonal? Round to the nearest inch.
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c^2+a^2+b^2
c^2=11^2+14^2
c^2=121+196
c^2=317
c=18 in

Answer by solver91311(12126) About Me  (Show Source):
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Presuming the screen is a rectangle and therefore has right angle corners, Pythagoras says:



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