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How do you list the decimals in order of least to greatest: 1.29, 1.029, 1.92?

Answer 1

#1.029#
#1.29#
#1.92#

We have three numbers and we're looking to list them in order from least to greatest. First l'll list the three numbers in the order listed and then we can work on sorting.

#1.29# #1.029# #1.92#

Looking at what we have, reading from left to right, we see that all these numbers have in the "ones" place a 1. So they are the same in that position.

So we then look one place to the right and see what is here. There's a 2, a 0, and a 9. The 0 is smallest. So let's move that to the top of the list. And then will come the one with the 2, and then the 9. So let's reorder the list:

#1.029# #1.29# #1.92#

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Answer 2

Benjamin Altschul

To list the decimals in order of least to greatest: 1.029, 1.29, 1.92.

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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.