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riya won a LCD TV in amall raffle draw , the tv screen measures 16 inches in height and 12 inches in width. find the hypotenuse of the TV​

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Answer is 20” for the tv screen diagonal or hypotenuse

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Pythagorean theorem states
a^2 + b^2 = c^2

Solve for hypotenuse by substituting h & w for a and b and solve for c

16^2 + 12^2 = c^2

256 + 144 = c^2

400 = c^2

Take square root of both sides

20 = c

The tv screen diagonal = 20”
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