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Measure the height of your computer monitor to the nearest tenth of a centimeter of sixteenth of an inch. Measure the width of your monitor as well. Use the Pythagorean theorem to find the length of the diagonal of your monitor.

In your post, include the height, the width, and the calculations needed to determine the length of the diagonal of your computer monitor. After you have calculated the aproximate length using the Pythagorean theorem, use a measuring device to measure the length of the diagonal of your monitor. Was your measurement close?

Typing hint: Type Pythagorean theorem as a^2 + b^2 = c^2.

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The height of my monitor comes out to be 35.04 cm and width is 40.03 cm.

Rounding them to nearest tenth we get 35 and 40.

The diagonal of the monitor can be calculated using the ...

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