Question

The size of a computer monitor is usually measured along the diagonal. An 18-in. Rectangular monitor has a height of 9 in. What is the length of base of the monitor, to the nearest tenth of an inch? Enter your answer as a decimal in the box. In. A rectangle. The width is labeled as 9 inches. A diagonal is drawn from the left bottom corner to the top right corner and labeled as 18 inches.

Answer 1

The length of the base of the monitor is 15.6 inches.

Given

The size of a computer monitor is usually measured along the diagonal.

The rectangular monitor has a height of 9 in.

An 18-in.

What is the equation of diagonal?

The diagonal of your equation is c, while either a or b can be your length or width.

$\rm a^2 +b^2 =c^2$

Substitute all the values in the equation

$\rm a^2 +b^2 =c^2\\\\9^2+b^2=18^2\\\\81 + b^2=324\\\\b^2 = 324-81\\\\b^2 = 243\\\\b = 15.6 \ inches$

Hence the length of the base of the monitor is 15.6 inches.

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