SOLUTION: A 16 -inch laptop has a screen that is 7 inches tall. How wide is the screen?
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Question 1201913: A 16 -inch laptop has a screen that is 7 inches tall. How wide is the screen?
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Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A 16 -inch laptop has a screen that is 7 inches tall
diagonal of the rectangular TV =16 "
Height = 7 "
width (w) = ?
We apply Pythagoras theorem
w^2+h^2= 16^2
w^2 = 16^2-(7^2)
w^2= 207
w = sqrt(207)
Simplify
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A 16 -inch laptop has a screen that is 7 inches tall. How wide is the screen?
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If the diagonal is 16 inches:
w^2 + 7^2 = 16^2
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