Television sets. What does it mean to refer to a 40-in. TV set? Such units refer to the diagonal of the screen. A 40-in. TV set also has a width of 32-inches. What is its height?

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Answer:

[tex]h=24\ in[/tex] is the height of the TV screen.

Explanation:

Given:

diagonal of TV screen, [tex]d=40\ in[/tex]

width of TV scree, [tex]w=32\ in[/tex]

As we know that the TV screen is rectangular in shape so including its height and with along with the diagonal forms a right angled triangle in which the diagonal is the hypotenuse of the triangle formed so.

[tex]h=\sqrt{d^2-w^2}[/tex]

[tex]h=\sqrt{40^2-32^2}[/tex]

[tex]h=24\ in[/tex] is the height of the TV screen.