Basic College Mathematics (10th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Decimals - 4.5 Dividing Decimal Numbers - 4.5 Exercises - Page 304: 22

Answer

$\approx10.919$

Work Step by Step

We find the quotient by dividing: $~~~~10.9185$ $7\overline{)76.4300}$ $~~~\underline{7}$ $~~~~~~64$ $~~~~~~\underline{63}$ $~~~~~~~~~13$ $~~~~~~~~~~\underline{7}$ $~~~~~~~~~~~60$ $~~~~~~~~~~~\underline{56}$ $~~~~~~~~~~~~~40$ $~~~~~~~~~~~~~\underline{35}$ $~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5$ Since the questions asks us to round to the nearest thousandth, we can stop with the remainder of 5. We round the quotient to the nearest thousandth: $10.9185\approx10.919$
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