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How do you round 344.7234 to 1 decimal place?

Answer 1

344.7

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#color(red)("Cut off point")#

The digit to the right of the cut of point is less than 5. So the digit to its left (the 7) is not changed and all those to the right are changed to 0 giving:

#344.7000#

Written as 344.7

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Answer 2

Everly Taylor

To round 344.7234 to 1 decimal place, we look at the digit in the tenths place, which is 2. Since 2 is less than 5, we round down. Therefore, rounding 344.7234 to 1 decimal place gives us 344.7.

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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.