Question

Lucy has a 40-inch T.V. This means the diagonal distance from one corner of the T.V. to the other is 40 inches.

Lucy's T.V. should fit perfectly into a rectangular space that is?

A: 18×34 inches
B: 20×30 inches
C: 24×32 inches
D: 25×25 inches

Answer 1

Using Pathogorean Theorem.....

40 = the square root of 24^2 + 32^2
40 = the square root of 576 + 1024
40 = the square root of 1600 
40 = 40