Question

Find the Length of the missing side of the right Triangle using the Pythagorean Theorem. Round your answers to

the nearest tenth. Please show your work in the "Show your work" text box. Draw a Picture!
The size of a television screen is given by the length of the diagonal of
the screen. What size is a television screen that is 21.6 inches wide and
16.2 inches high?
Show Your Work
O 22.5 in
18.4 in
27 in
O 13.2 in

Answer 1

27 inches

Explanation:

We can use The Pythagorean theorem

a^2+b^2 = c^2 where a and b are the legs and c is the hypotenuse

21.6 ^2 + 16.2^2 = c^2

466.56+262.44 = c^2

729 = c^2

Taking the square root of each side

sqrt(729) = sqrt(c^2)

27 = c