Widescreen monitor
A wave of widescreen monitors and televisions hit computer businesses. Calculate the area of the LCD monitor with a diagonal size 27 inches at a ratio of 4:3 and then a 16:9 aspect ratio.
Is buying widescreen monitors with the same diagonal more advantageous than buying a 4:3 monitor?
Is buying widescreen monitors with the same diagonal more advantageous than buying a 4:3 monitor?
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You need to know the following knowledge to solve this word math problem:
- algebra
- inequalities
- arithmetic
- square root
- square (second power, quadratic)
- exponentiation
- planimetrics
- Pythagorean theorem
- right triangle
- area of a shape
- triangle
- rectangle
- basic functions
- ratio
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