The diagonal measure of the screen is 42 inches, and the screen width is 36.6 inches. What is the screen height? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

The answer is 20.6

height = 20.60 inches to the nearest hundredth

The diagonal ' splits ' the screen into 2 right triangles

using Pythagoras' identity with hypotenuse = 42 and the 2 legs 36.6 and h for height

h = √ (42² - 36.6²) = √ 424.44 ≈ 20.60 inches