SOLUTION: To define the size of a television screen, electronics stores measure the diagonal distance between opposite corners of the screen. If a television screen is 20 inches tall and 48

Question 1110042: To define the size of a television screen, electronics stores measure the diagonal distance between opposite corners of the screen. If a television screen is 20 inches tall and 48 inches wide, what would electronics stores say is the size?

Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, josgarithmetic:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It's a right triangle.
Find the hypotenuse.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Right Triangles

Pythagorean Theorem
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