SOLUTION: I keep trying this on my calculator and i keep getting an error message. Can anyone help me with this.Please? Use a calculator to approximate 8√5+8√3 to the nearest h

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Question 81999: I keep trying this on my calculator and i keep getting an error message. Can anyone help me with this.Please?
Use a calculator to approximate 8√5+8√3 to the nearest hundredth.


Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) About Me  (Show Source):
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I keep trying this on my calculator
and i keep getting an error message. 
Can anyone help me with this.Please?
Use a calculator to approximate 
8√5+8√3  to the nearest hundredth.

Do you have a TI-83 or 84?  If so,

Press 8
Press 2nd
Press x²
Press 5
Press )
Press +
Press 8
Press 2nd
Press x²
Press 3
Press )  Your screen should now read 8Ö(5)+8Ö(3)
Press ENTER

Read 31.74495028 round to 31.74

Edwin