Problem 1072. Television Screen Dimensions

Created by @bmtran

Given a width to height ratio of a TV screen given as w and h as well as the diagonal length of the television l, return the actual width and height of the screen to one decimal point of precision.

Example:

    w = 16;
    h = 9;
    l = 42;
    [W,H] = teledims(w,h,l);

outputs

    W = 36.6
    H = 20.6

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James on 4 Dec 2012

I think you have your W and H mixed up in your example and test suite.

@bmtran on 4 Dec 2012

Thanks James, I've fixed it now.

Rafael Cruz on 4 Dec 2012

I also used round, but I not seen to be the best solution.

Problem 1072. Television Screen Dimensions

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