¶ 2003 AMC 10B Problem 6
Problem:
Many television screens are rectangles that are measured by the length of their diagonals. The ratio of the horizontal length to the height in a standard television screen is . The horizontal length of a "inch" television screen is closest, in inches, to which of the following?
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Solution:
The height, length, and diagonal are in the ratio . The length of the diagonal is , so the horizontal length is
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