SOLUTION: In a computer catalog, a computer is listed as being 19 inches. The distance is the diagonal distance across the screen. If the screen measures 10 inches in height, what is the act

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Question 575838: In a computer catalog, a computer is listed as being 19 inches. The distance is the diagonal distance across the screen. If the screen measures 10 inches in height, what is the actual width of the screen to the nearest inch?
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You have a right triangle. The hypotenuse is 19 and one of the legs is 10, so:



Do the arithmetic and round to the nearest whole number.

John

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