Question

In a standard television set, the screen height is 0.75 times the screen width. If a television set measures 25 inches along the diagonal, what is the screen width?

Answer 1

Set up the h^2 + w^2 = d^2.

h = height

w = width

d = diagonal

(0.75)^2 + w^2 = (25)^2

Solve for w.

Can you finish?