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How do you evaluate #58.3 times .13#?

Answer 1

Gabriel Agustin

#rArr7.579#

# 58.3 xx .13#

# rArr58.3 xx 0.13#

#rArr7.579#

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Answer 2

Riley Anderson

#7.579#

#color(red)(" A different type of approach")#

If the decimal places are giving you a problem this is another way of approaching it.

#58.3# is the same as #583xx1/10#

#0.13# is the same as #13xx1/100#

So #58.3xx0.13# is the same as:

#583xx13xx1/10xx1/100#

#583xx13xx1/1000#

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #color(blue)("Dealing with "583xx13" part")#

13 can be split into #10+3#

#10xx583->5830# #color(white)(1)3xx583->ul( 1749) larr" add"# #" "7579# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #color(blue)("Dealing with "xx1/1000" part")#

#7579xx1/1000 = 7.579#

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Answer 3

Jeremiah Andrews

To evaluate (58.3 \times 0.13), multiply 58.3 by 0.13. The result is approximately (7.579).

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.