A computer company makes a rectangular screen with a diagonal of 20 inches. The width of the screen is 4 inches less than its length. The dimensions of the computer screen are modeled by the equation x2 + (x - 4) 2 = 202. What is the value of x, the length of the screen

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Oliver Boone

11 May, 12:34

A computer company makes a rectangular screen with a diagonal of 20 inches. The width of the screen is 4 inches less than its length. The dimensions of the computer screen are modeled by the equation x2 + (x - 4) 2 = 202. What is the value of x, the length of the screen

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Ace Burke · Answer 1

A computer company makes a rectangular screen with a diagonal of 20 inches. The width of the screen is 4 inches less than its length. The dimensions of the computer screen are modeled by the equation x^2 + (x - 4) ^2 = 20^2, this the Pythagorean theorem

X = 16 in which is the leght

x-4 = 12 in the width

Shawn · Answer 2

X would equal 16

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