SOLUTION: The diagonal of a computer monitor is measured to be 17 inches. If the width of the monitor is 12 inches, find the height of the monitor to the nearest inch. what is the height ? i
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Question 267232: The diagonal of a computer monitor is measured to be 17 inches. If the width of the monitor is 12 inches, find the height of the monitor to the nearest inch. what is the height ? i have to show all work... thanks for helping
Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What we have is Pythagorean theorem or
from above, we have
squaring 12 and 17 we get
subtracting 144 we get
by square roots we get
this rounds to 12 inches
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