Question

Suppose you are looking to purchase a new TV. You are placing it in an opening that is 136 cm wide but want to leave at least 2 cm of room on either side of the TV. If the TV screen measures 86 cm high, what is the largest size TVin inches, that you can purchase? TV's are measured based on the diagonal measure. (1inch = 2.54cm) Write your answer as an integer.

Answer 1

62 inches

Explanation:

Since we need to leave 2 cm of room on both sides, the maximum width of TV is 136 - 2 - 2 = 132 cm. Next, use the Pythagorean Theorem, a^2 + b^2 = c^2, to find the diagonal.

132^2 + 86^2 = c^2

c^2 = 17424 + 7396

c^2 = 24820

c = 157.543644746 cm

Finally, convert the value to inches using the given conversion factor.

157.543644746/2.54 = 62.0250569868 inches