SOLUTION: The size of a TV screen is given by the length of its diagonal. If the dimension of a TV screen is eight by 15 inches, what is the size of the TV screen?

Question 1192901: The size of a TV screen is given by the length of its diagonal. If the dimension of a TV screen is eight by 15 inches, what is the size of the TV screen?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The size of a TV screen is given by the length of its diagonal. If the dimension of a TV screen is eight by 15 inches, what is the size of the TV screen?
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The diagonal is the hypotenuse of the right triangle.
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PS No TV is 8 by 15.
Older TV's width to height ratio was 4:3, newer ones are 16:9.
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