Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 1 - Section 1.8 - Inverse Functions - Exercise Set - Page 272: 101

Answer

The size of television screen is $\text{32 inches}$.

Work Step by Step

Let $l$ = length of television and $w$ = width of television and $d$ = diagonal of television; all are in inches. According to the Pythagoras theorem, ${{l}^{2}}+{{w}^{2}}={{d}^{2}}$ Here, $l=28\text{ and }w=15.7$ Therefore, $\begin{align} & {{d}^{2}}={{l}^{2}}+{{w}^{2}} \\ & ={{\left( 28 \right)}^{2}}+{{\left( 15.7 \right)}^{2}} \\ & =784+246.49 \\ & =1030.49 \end{align}$ Further simplify, $\begin{align} & d=\sqrt{1030.49} \\ & \approx 32 \end{align}$ Hence, the size of television screen is $\text{32 inches}$.
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