Okay so I know how to find the height but I am having a blank moment on the rounding lol.

What does 28.07248817 translate to the nearest hundredth. Wouldn't it be just 28.07

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Okay so I know how to find the height but I am having a blank moment on the rounding lol. 

What does 28.07248817 translate to the nearest hundredth. Wouldn't it be just 28.07

mathaphobia · Answer

By the way I was using trig to find the height of a triangle. But for some reason couldn't remember what to round this up to.

mathaphobia · Answer

Hundredth means only two numbers after the decimal and since the next number is a 2 wouldn't I round it down to 28.07?

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

`28.07248817 translate to the nearest hundredth. Wouldn't it be just 28.07`
yes you are correct

I would replace "translate" with "round"

mathaphobia · Answer

Okay thanks!

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

you're welcome

mathaphobia · Answer

Actually @jim_thompson5910 while your here do you want to check this part?

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

yep 

arctan(8/15) = 28.072486935853 ---> 28.07

mathaphobia · Answer

Thanks again!