SOLUTION: Sizes of TVs are determined by a diagonal measurement of their screen. If a TV has a diagonal measurement of 55 and a height of 30, what is the TV's width? Round answer to neares

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Question 1153569: Sizes of TVs are determined by a diagonal measurement of their screen. If a TV has a diagonal measurement of 55 and a height of 30, what is the TV's width? Round answer to nearest whole number.

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

a diagonal ,a height , and a width form right triangle where is hypotenuse, and legs

if a TV has a diagonal measurement of and a height of ,then, using Pythagorean theorem, the width will be:







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