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document.write( "The measure of a big-screen television is given by the length of a diagonal\r\n" );
document.write( "across the screen. A 36-inch television has a width of 24.4in. Find the height\r\n" );
document.write( "of the screen to the nearest tenth of an inch.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Just use the Pythagorean theorm:\r\n" );
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document.write( "           c² = a² + b²\r\n" );
document.write( "          36² = 24.4² + b²\r\n" );
document.write( "         1296 = 595.36 + b²\r\n" );
document.write( "1296 - 595.36 = b²\r\n" );
document.write( "       700.64 = b²\r\n" );
document.write( "\"sqrt%28700.64%29\" = b\r\n" );
document.write( "  b = 26.46960521\r\n" );
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document.write( "or about 26.5 inches.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It's odd to have a TV screen higher\r\n" );
document.write( "than it is wide, but that's the way\r\n" );
document.write( "it works out.  Maybe the TV was \r\n" );
document.write( "lying on its side! J\r\n" );
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