document.write( "Question 1013583: when it was a rectangle the height was 20 inches what is the lenght of the screen?
\n" ); document.write( "if josie's 36-inch Tv is a square, then what is the lenght of each side?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #629987 by fractalier(6550)\"\" \"About 
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Sounds like two separate questions...the second one can be answered by knowing that the 36 inches is the diagonal length of a square...we divide it by sqrt(2) and get
\n" ); document.write( "36 / 1.414 = 25.46 inches
\n" ); document.write( "If the height was 20 inches, then we use Pythagoras to find the length,x...
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 + 20^2 = 36^2
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 + 400 = 1296
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 = 896
\n" ); document.write( "x = 29.93 inches
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