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?

Question

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?

anonymous · Answer

3^2 and 4^2

anonymous · Answer

3^2 = 9
4^2 = 8
9 + 8 = 17

What does that have to do with the original problem?

anonymous · Answer

Thats what im trying to figure out.

anonymous · Answer

Well....
32 divided by 8 = 4

anonymous · Answer

32 divided by 9 = 3.5 rounded to the nearest tenth = 4

anonymous · Answer

42 divided by 8 = 5.25 so 5.3 (rounded to the nearest tenth)
42 divided by 9 = 4.6 so 4.7

anonymous · Answer

That's the closest I can come to the answer. I'm not quite sure what to do next nor how that connects to the answer exactly. I hope I helped you out a little bit.