SOLUTION: The diagonal length of a television screen is 20 in. If the width is 16 in. how high is it?

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Question 426591: The diagonal length of a television screen is 20 in. If the width is 16 in. how high is it?
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Hi

The diagonal length of a television screen is 20 in. 

If the width is 16 in. how high is it?

applying the Pythagoream Theorem

 h = sqrt(400-256) = sqrt(144) = 12 in, the height 

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