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In a computer catalog, a computer monitor is listed as being 19 inches. This distance is the diagonal distance across the screen. If the screen measures 10 inches in height, what is the actual width of the screen to the nearest inch?

User Greenwich
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Answer:

16.16 or 16 inch

User GrahamMc
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Answer:

16.16 or 16 inch

Explanation:

you can use the pythagoras theorem,

h = 19

so, width =
√(19^2 - 10^2)

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