SOLUTION: Excuse me, but how can I find the square root of numbers in the thousands place?

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Question 639965: Excuse me, but how can I find the square root of numbers in the thousands place?
Answer by DrBeeee(684) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can't, nor would you want to. The question is to find square root of a number and express the ANSWER (the square root) to the nearest thousandths place.
Let's do an example. Find sqrt(3) to the nearest thousandths place. Use your calcalator to get
sqrt(3) = 1.7320508...
Now round to the third place
sqrt(3) = 1.732
Your answer is 1.732