Homework Help: geometry

Posted by Louise on Monday, October 15, 2012 at 2:16pm.

Yuki just bought a big screen TV set. The screen has a diagonal measure of 40 in. If the screen is 32 in. wide, how high is it?

geometry - Ms. Sue, Monday, October 15, 2012 at 2:24pm
a^2 + b^2 = c^2

32^2 + b^2 = 40^2

b^2 = 1600 - 1024

b^2 = 576

b = 24

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