document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=578016>Question 578016</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> (1 1/2) squared = 1.2 + 1/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2 1/2) squared = 2.3 + 1/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3 1/2) squared = 3.4 + 1/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Those are all correct statements. Show algebraically that this method can always be used for evaluating similar squares.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "None of those statements are true, there is an error in the problem\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(1 1/2)^2 = 2.25 &#8800; 1.2 + 1/4 = 1.2 + .25 = 1.45\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(2 1/2)^2 = 6.25 &#8800; 2.3 + 1/4 =2.55\r<BR>\n" );
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