Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 1 - Section 1.11 - Rounding Numbers - Exercises - Page 67: 12

Answer

a) 3.8 b) 3.765

Work Step by Step

To round to the nearest tenth, inspect the hundredths digit. If 5 or greater, round up. $3.7\underset\uparrow654$ round up $3.7654\approx3.8$ To round to the nearest thousandth, inspect the ten-thousandths digit. If 5 or greater, round up. $3.765\underset\uparrow4$ do not round up $3.7654\approx3.765$
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