document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=27330>Question 27330</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of the diagonal of a television screen is the measurement used to report its size. Please Calculate the size of a television, to the nearest centimetre, where the screen measures 56 cm by 40 cm. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #24834 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=24834\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Given that the screen is a rectangle, the diagonal is just the hypotenuse of a right triangle whose legs are 56 and 40...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so we use the Pythagorean Theorem...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a^2 + b^2 = c^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "56^2 + 40^2 = c^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3136 + 1600 = c^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4736 = c^2 so that<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c is about 68.8 or 69 to the nearest cm </SPAN>\n" );
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