SOLUTION: What size is the television screen shown in the illustration? Find d if a = 12 and b = 16.

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Question 330809: What size is the television screen shown in the illustration? Find d if a = 12 and b = 16.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Don't see an illustration but I'm assuming a and b are the length and width and the diagonal D is the hypotenuse of a right triangle.
Use the Pythagorean theorem,
a%5E2%2Bb%5E2=c%5E2
12%5E2%2B16%5E2=D%5E2
D%5E2=144%2B256
D%5E2=400
highlight%28D=20%29