Older television screens have an aspect ratio of $4: 3$ . That is, the ratio of the width to the height is $4: 3$ . The aspect ratio of many movies is not $4: 3$ , so they are sometimes shown on a television screen by "letterboxing" - darkening strips of equal height at the top and bottom of the screen, as shown. Suppose a movie has an aspect ratio of $2: 1$ and is shown on an older television screen with a $27$ -inch diagonal. What is the height, in inches, of each darkened strip?