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Carlos found that the length of the diagonal of his laptop monitor is [tex]\sqrt{290}[/tex]. If the manufacturer rounds to the nearest whole inch, what size is the monitor as measured by the diagonal?

A. 12 inches
B. 17 inches
C. 97 inches
D. 245 inches

Answer :

To determine the size of Carlos's laptop monitor as measured by the diagonal, we need to understand what [tex]\(\sqrt{290}\)[/tex] means. This represents the length of the diagonal in inches.

The first step is to find the numerical value of [tex]\(\sqrt{290}\)[/tex]. This value calculates to approximately 17.029386.

Since the manufacturer rounds the size of the monitor to the nearest whole inch, we need to round this value. When we round 17.029386 to the nearest whole number, we get 17.

Therefore, the size of the monitor, as measured by the diagonal, is 17 inches.