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A TV is 16 inches tall and 14 inches wide. Calculate the screen's diagonal length. Round to the nearest whole number.

I came up with 22 in and was wrong.

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Answer:

21

Explanation:

You were close to de answer but you rounded in a wrong way

If we calculate
\sqrt{16^(2) + 14^(2)}
we get 21.2602916255

We need to round to the nearest whole number, it means that we have we only have two options: 21 or 22

We need to remember the rounding rules:

  • If the number you are rounding is followed by 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9, round the number up
  • If the number you are rounding is followed by 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, round the number down

We see that 1 is followed by 2, it means that we have to round the number down, so our answer is 21

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