An Advertisement for a Portable Computer Indicates It Has a 12-Inch

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Essay

An advertisement for a portable computer indicates it has a 12-inch viewing screen. This means that the diagonal of the screen measures 12 inches. If the ratio of the length to the width of the screen is 3 to 4, we can represent the length with and the width with and then use the Pythagorean theorem to solve for Once we have the length will be and the width will be Find the length and width of this computer screen to the nearest tenth of an inch. Length = __________ in., width = __________ in.

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