Tracy bought a new flat-screen television. One side of the television screen is 49 inches and the other side is 27 inches. What is the length of the diagonal of the television screen? Answer choices are rounded to the nearest inch.

56 inches (rounded)

Step-by-step explanation:

to solve this problem use the pythagreon theorem (a^2 + b^2 = c^2)

a and b represent the measurements of the side lengths of the TV in this case

plug in 27 for a and 49 for b

27^2 + 49^2 = c^2

2401 + 729 = c^2

c = 55.946 or 56

answer: 48

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