Question

2. Medusa is looking for a TV screen big enough for her

and her head of snakes to enjoy her favorite soap opera.
Mngotoxo.
G TV is listed as being 60 inches. This
distance is act|ially the diagonal distance across the
screen. If thereen measures 36 inches in height, what
is the actual width of the screen to the nearest tenth of
an inch?​

Answer 1

48 Inches

Explanation:

The diagonal of the TV = 60 Inches

Height of the Screen =36 Inches

We are to determine the actual width of the screen.

This TV across the diagonal forms a right triangle in which the diagonal is the hypotenuse.

We therefore use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve for the width of the screen.

Pythagorean Theorem:
`Hypotenuse^2=Opposite^2+Adjacent^2`

Let w be the width of the television

`60^2=36^2+w^2\\w^2=60^2-36^2\\w^2=2304\\w=√(2304)\\ $Width of the television, w=48 inches`