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A particular color television has a rectangular screen with a 

23.5 

in. width. Its height is 

18 

in. What is the measure of the diagonal of the screen, to the nearest tenth of an inch?

A particular color television has a rectangular screen with a 

23.5 

in. width. Its height is 

18 

in. What is the measure of the diagonal of the screen, to the nearest tenth of an inch?

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Let 'd' represent the measure of the diagonal, d>0


Using the Pythagorean Theorem we have:


d = √(23.5^2 + 18^2)

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d = 29.60 in


The diagonal is 29.60 inches long.