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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Jerry is trying to round √11 to the nearest tenth. To start, he looked for the perfect squares. 32 and 42 Jerry chose 42 to work with. What did he do wrong?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

32 and 42 both aren't perfect squares?

OpenStudy (zepp):

Because.. damn petewe beat me to it >.>

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i ment to put 3^2 and 4^2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

they are exponential equation

OpenStudy (zepp):

Because: 3^2 = 9 4^2 = 16 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 3^2 is way nearer to 11 than 16 is.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks!!

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