SOLUTION: if a television screen is a rectangle with a 53 inch diagonal and with a 45 inches, what is the height of the screen?

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Question 308314: if a television screen is a rectangle with a 53 inch diagonal and with a 45 inches, what is the height of the screen?
Answer by rfer(16322)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
45^2+x^2=53^2
2304+x^2=2809
x^2=2809-2304
x^2=505
x=22.5 in

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