document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=855960>Question 855960</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Applications of Pythagorean Theorem and Triples<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A television has a width: height ratio of 9:3. If the television is advertised as having a 36 inch screen (remember the screen is measured as the diagonal), what is the actual height and width of the television? what is the surface area of the screen? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " If the television is advertised as having a 36 inch screen (remember the screen is measured as the diagonal), what is the actual height and width of the television?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The ratio can be reduced to 3:1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = the length<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1x = the width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Pythag<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + (3x)^2 = 36^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + 9x^2 = 1296<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x^2 = 1296<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 1296/10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 129.6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%28129.6%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%28129.6%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 11.3842\" is the width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(11.342) = 34.1526\" is the length<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the surface area of the screen?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "34.1526 * 11.3842 = 388.80 sq/in </SPAN>\n" );
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