document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=276040>Question 276040</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what is rounding because i need help with that very much  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #201260 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=201260\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> When you hear \"rounding\", you usually hear<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"rounded to the nearest tenth\" or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"rounded to 3 decimal places\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What it means is, the accuracy of a certain figure is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "not needed to the number of places that it has.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Suppose you compute a distance to be<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=235.28619 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"235.28619\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > miles. If you're flying or driving that<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance, you aren't interested in that many decimal places,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so you might be told \"round the answer to 2 decimal places\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What you do is , look at the 3rd decimal place.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Is it <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or greater? If so, increase the 2nd place by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, rounding <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=235.28619 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"235.28619\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to 2 decimal places results in<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=235.29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"235.29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > miles.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can round off any number. Say you count a population of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "animals to be 1,275,911. Some animals are dying and some are<BR>\n" );
document.write( "being born, so you might only need 4 figures, so you would<BR>\n" );
document.write( "say, I counted 1,276,000 animals, rounded to 4 figures.  </SPAN>\n" );
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