Prealgebra (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321955048
ISBN 13: 978-0-32195-504-3

Chapter 5 - Review - Page 400: 21

Answer

-42.90

Work Step by Step

To round to the nearest hundredth, inspect the digit in the thousandths position. $-42.89\underline5$ 5 is equal to or greater than five so the value in the hundredths position is increased by 1 (89 + 1=90). All digits to the right of the hundredths position are dropped.
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