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OpenStudy (anonymous):

I AWARD METALS AND FAN. I need someone to tell me what I am doing wrong

OpenStudy (stefrheart):

okay

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The questions says to order least to greatest. Here is the order they gave me: square root of 8, -52/16, -3.12, -3.2 (the 2 is infinite)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I thought from least to greatest it was this: square root of 8, -3.12, -3.2, -52/16

OpenStudy (imstuck):

the negatives always come first before the positives because negatives are always smaller than positives.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes I just realized that lol

OpenStudy (stefrheart):

yes and then the greatest is the square root of 8

OpenStudy (imstuck):

The square root of 8 as long as it's not negative, is not first.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I'm tired :p so this is what it would be then:-3.2, -3.12, square root of 8, and then -52/16

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is that right?

OpenStudy (stefrheart):

no the square root would be last since it is a positive number

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh yeah sorry. I'm tired ugh okay

OpenStudy (imstuck):

no thats still not right. The last number you have is a negative, and the ngative is smaller than the square root of 8

OpenStudy (imstuck):

The correct order is -52/16, -3.2, -3.222222....., sq rt 8

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay okay I got it now. Thank you! I get stupid when it comes to math when I'm tired lol so basically switch the square root of 8 and -52/16?

OpenStudy (imstuck):

That's least to greatest.

OpenStudy (imstuck):

You're not stupid, please don't say that.

OpenStudy (imstuck):

I listed the order up above.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay. I got it now :) Makes more sense to me now haha okay I won't say it anymore lol

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thank you!!!

OpenStudy (imstuck):

you're welcome!

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