SOLUTION: how to represent 3root2 on number line

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Question 601593: how to represent 3root2 on number line
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) About Me  (Show Source):
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Draw a number line:

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Use a calculator to find approximately what the numerical value of 
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3Ö2 is.  We find it is 4.242640687.  
That's about 1/4 of the way from 4 toward 5, so estimate about where
that is and mark a dot there, like this:



Edwin