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Algebra.Com's Answer #818351 by Edwin McCravy(20060)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r\n" ); document.write( "If the first digit you are going to throw away is 0,1,2,3, or 4, then you merely\r\n" ); document.write( "throw it away as well as any digits to the right of it regardless of their size.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "However if the first digit you are going to throw away is 5,6,7,8, or 9, you\r\n" ); document.write( "must increase the last digit you are going to keep by 1 when throwing away the\r\n" ); document.write( "digit and all that follow it to the right.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "In the case of 4278.925, the first digit we are going to throw away is the 5 on\r\n" ); document.write( "the right end, so we must add 1 to the last digit we are going to keep, and make\r\n" ); document.write( "it 3. So the answer is 4278.93.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "[If it had been 4278.920, 4278.921, 4278.922, 4278.923, or 4278.924, the answer\r\n" ); document.write( "would have been 4278.92. If it had been 4278.926, 4278.927, 4278.928, or\r\n" ); document.write( "4278.929, the answer would have also been 4278.93, just as it is because it was\r\n" ); document.write( "4278.925.]\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Edwin\n" ); document.write( " |