document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=979838>Question 979838</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Television screens are usually measured by the length of its<BR>\n" );
document.write( "diagonal. The television set has a 60 – inch diagonal. the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "screen is 12 inches wider than its height. Find the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "dimensions of the screen. THANKS IN ADVANCE </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #601090 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=601090\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x, width<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "diagonal is a hypotenuse of right triangle with legs x and y.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can factorize the constant nonvariable term.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12*12*12=2*...... but if you don't want to check all of that, use discriminant.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now find x.<BR>\n" );
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