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\n" ); document.write( "triangle with leg 14 and X and hypotenuse x+2. how do you solve that?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "The aspect ratio of a TV screen is the ratio of the width to the height of the image. S regular TV has an aspect ratio of 4:3. Find the height and width of a 42-inch TV screen to the nearest tenth of an inch. (The measure given is the length of the diagonal across the screen.)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "triangle with leg \"a=14\" and \"b=x\" and hypotenuse \"c=x%2B2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if given hypotenuse means you have right-angle triangle, so you use Pythagorean theorem:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"c%5E2=a%5E2%2Bb%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28x%2B2%29%5E2=14%5E2%2Bx%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"cross%28x%5E2%29%2B4x%2B4=196%2Bcross%28x%5E2%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"4x=196-4\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4x=192\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=192%2F4\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=48\"-> other leg\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " and hypotenuse \"x%2B2=50\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so, your triangle has sides length: \"a=14\", \"b=48\", and \"c=50\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "given: aspect ratio of \"4%3A3\"
\n" ); document.write( " Find the height and width of a 42-inch TV screen to the nearest tenth of an inch. (The measure given is the length of the diagonal across the screen.)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " let length be \"L\", width \"W\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "given: \"L%3AW=4%3A3\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so, \"3L=4W\" => \"L=4W%2F3\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "also given that is 42-inch TV screen, means its diagonal is \"d=42in\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "you know that diagonal splits TV screen into two right-angle triangles whose legs are length \"L\" and width \"W\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "use Pythagorean theorem again:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5E2=L%5E2%2BW%5E2\"....since \"L=4W%2F3\", we can substitute it\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5E2=%284W%2F3%29%5E2%2BW%5E2\" ...plug in value for \"d\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%2842in%29%5E2=%284W%2F3%29%5E2%2BW%5E2\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"1764in%5E2=16W%5E2%2F9%2BW%5E2\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"1764in%5E2%2A9=%289%2A16W%5E2%29%2F9%2B9W%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"15876in%5E2=16W%5E2%2B9W%5E2\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"15876in%5E2=25W%5E2\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"W%5E2=15876in%5E2%2F25\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"W%5E2=635.04in%5E2\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"W=sqrt%28635.04in%5E2%29\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28W=25.2in%29\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "now find the length:
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\n" ); document.write( "\"L=4W%2F3\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"L=%284%2A25.2in%29%2F3\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28L=33.6in%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A \"wide-screen\" TV has an aspect ratio of 16:9. Find the length of a diagonal on a wide-screen TV screen that has the same height as my second question.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let height be \"W\" from second question:\"highlight%28W=25.2in%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "given: \"L%3AW=16%3A9\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so, \"9L=16W\" => \"L=16W%2F9\"=>\"L=%2816%2A25.2in%29%2F9\"=>\"highlight%28L=44.8in%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5E2=L%5E2%2BW%5E2\"....since \"L=44.8in\" and \"W=25.2in\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5E2=%2844.8in%29%5E2%2B%2825.2in%29%5E2\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5E2=2007.04in%5E2%2B635.04in%5E2\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5E2=2642.08in%5E2\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"d=sqrt%282642.08in%5E2%29\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d=51.40116730192029in\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28d=51.4in%29\"\r
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