Use the spaces provided below to calculate the missing measurement for each of the 6
types of screens. You are looking for the width, height, OR the diagonal. You must show
all steps in your work. The size of a screen is given by the length of its diagonal.
Round your answer to the nearest whole inch.
HP Pavillion 15-e000 Series Laptop
Laptop: 18 in.; Height: _____; Width: 10 in.
To calculate the height, we can use the Pythagorean theorem. Let's label the height as "h":
Using the Pythagorean theorem:
(diagonal)^2 = height^2 + width^2
Substituting the given values:
18^2 = h^2 + 10^2
324 = h^2 + 100
Solving for h:
h^2 = 324 - 100
h^2 = 224
Taking the square root of both sides:
h = √224
Calculating the square root:
h ≈ 14.97
Round to the nearest whole inch:
Height ≈ 15 in.