Question

Television sizes are described by the length of their diagonal measure. What would be the listed size of the TV shown? (to the nearest whole inch)

1,424
32
38
20

Answer 1

38 inches

Explanation:

since we are finding the diagonal we are going to use the equation a^2+b^2=c^2

so if we do substitution we would have 32^2+20^2=C^2

32^2= 1024

20^2= 400

so,

1024 + 400 = C^2

1424 = C^2

to get rid of the C^2 we have to take the square root of it. But whatever we do on one side of the equation we have to do on the other side so,

C = sqrt(1424)

C = 37.73

C = 38 inches