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The size of a television screen is given as the length of the screen’s diagonal. If the screens were flat, then the area of a square 21-inch screen would be how many square inches greater than the area of a square 19-inch screen?

A. 2
B. 4
C. 16
D. 38
E. 40
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the square of a television screen is given as a length of the diagoal. If the screens were flat, then the area of the 21in screen would be how many square inches greater than the area of a 19in screen ?

2
4
16
38
40

$$d_1=21$$ and $$d_2=19$$ --> $$area_{square}=\frac{d^2}{2}$$ --> $$area_1-area_2=\frac{(d_1)^2}{2}-\frac{(d_2)^2}{2}=\frac{21^2-19^2}{2}=\frac{(21-19)(21+19)}{2}=\frac{2*40}{2}=40$$

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27 Sep 2010, 23:50
vanidhar wrote:
the square of a television screen is given as a length of the diagoal. If the screens were flat, then the area of the 21in screen would be how many square inches greater than the area of a 19in screen ?

2
4
16
38
40

Answer = Area(square with diagnol 21) - Area(square with diagnol 19)

If diagnol = x. Then side = x/root(2) & area = x^2/2

So answer = $$\frac{21^2-19^2}{2} = \frac{40*2}{2} = 40$$

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The size of a television screen is given as the length
of the screen’s diagonal. If the screens were flat, then
the area of a square 21-inch screen would be how
many square inches greater than the area of a square
19-inch screen?
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 16
(D) 38
(E) 40

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the diagonal of a square is always $$side*\sqrt{2}$$
and the side of a square is vice versa always $$\frac{diagonal}{\sqrt{2}}$$

Therefore:
area of the bigger one is $$(\frac{21}{\sqrt{2}})^2$$
area of the smaller one is $$(\frac{19}{\sqrt{2}})^2$$
and the difference is = 40
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25 Dec 2010, 08:21
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25 Dec 2010, 17:40
This question supposes that the TV-screen has the shape of a square?

Can this be solved for the rectangle as well?
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