document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=964871>Question 964871</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Flat-screen computer monitors are classified by the number of inches measured<BR>\n" );
document.write( "from one corner to the diagonally-opposite corner. If the diagonal measurement<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of a monitor is 23 inches and its width is 20 inches, find both its exact height and its<BR>\n" );
document.write( "height rounded to the nearest quarter-inch. (Please use correct units.)  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " from one corner to the diagonally-opposite corner. If the diagonal measurement<BR>\n" );
document.write( " of a monitor is 23 inches and its width is 20 inches, find both its exact height and its<BR>\n" );
document.write( " height rounded to the nearest quarter-inch. (Please use correct units.) <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw the picture.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have a rectangle with diagonal = 23\", width = 20\" and height = \"h\" inches.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use Pytagoras to solve for \"h\"::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h^2 + 20^2 = 23^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h^2 = 129<BR>\n" );
document.write( "height = 11.36 inches<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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