You are interested in purchasing a wide-screen television set at Target. On this type of TV, the ratio of screen width to screen height is 16 to 9. If a certain model you are considering has a screen width of 48 inches, what is the height of the screen (in inches)? (Points : 2)
16/9 = 48/x
Cross multiply and solve for x.
27inches
To find the height of the screen, we need to use the ratio of screen width to screen height. In this case, the ratio is 16 to 9.
To find the height, we can set up a proportion. We can write the ratio as:
16/9 = 48/h
Where 48 is the given screen width and h is the unknown screen height.
To solve for h, we can cross-multiply and then divide:
16h = 48 * 9
16h = 432
h = 432/16
h = 27
Therefore, the height of the screen is 27 inches.