Jerry is buying a new large screen television for his game room. he knows that the diagonal of the television measures 42.1 inches and the base is 34.3 inches. what is the area of the television? (round to nearest tenth)

Step-by-step explanation:

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Step 1

use the Pythagorean theorem to find the height of the tv

According to P.T

Step 2

find the area of the tv(rectangle)

Area=base*height

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the answer is:

the correct option is the option b.

to calculate the surface area of the right cylinder, we need to use the following formula:

from the picture we know that:

so, substituting and calculting we have:

hence, we have that the correct option is the option b.

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