SOLUTION: Is 0.70 greater than 0.7 or they equal?

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Question 1021529: Is 0.70 greater than 0.7 or they equal?
Found 2 solutions by FrankM, josmiceli:
Answer by FrankM(1040) About Me  (Show Source):
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.7 is the same as .70 or .700, they are equal.

Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
They are equal, but the +0+ in the hundreds
place means that you actually measured it to
that degree of accuaracy. You could have seen in
one case that it was +0.702+. The next time
you made a measurement, it was +0.703+.
Since you could not be sure of the thousandth place,
you said it was +0.70+.
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In the case of +0.7+, you are only sure about the
tenths place, and are not sure of the hundredths place.
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But in any calculations, they are treated as equal