document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=96075>Question 96075</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> can you please help me with this problem because i keep getting stuck on it and i can't move to the next problem because they are all the same\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "PROBLEM: USE THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM TO FIND THE VALUE OF X. ROUND ANSWERS TO THE NEAREST TENTH. A= X, B=22, AND C =37 THESE ARE THE SIDES SO THE PROBLEM WILL LOOK LIKE THIS A SQUARED + B SQUARED = C SQUARED\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "     showing my work this is where i got so far on the problem<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x squared + 22 squared = 37 squared<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x squared + 484 = 1369<BR>\n" );
document.write( "           -484   -484 from both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x squared= 896<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=square root 896<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=29.933259\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "but what i dont understand is when they say round answers to the nearest tenth </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "the .9 is the tenth position.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rounding this position requires looking at the digit to the right of this position which is (3).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now if this digit (3) s 4 or less you leave the rounding position as is and zero out all digits to the right.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "29.900000 or 29.9 is the answer rounded to the nearest tenth.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if the digit to the right of the .9 were a 5,6,7,8,or 9 then you'd have to add .1 to the .9 and zero out all digits to the right. thus:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "29.9+.1=30.<BR>\n" );
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