Basic College Mathematics (9th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Decimals - Review Exercises - Page 322: 46

Answer

$\approx 14.467$

Work Step by Step

We divide: $~~~~14.4666$ $3\overline{)43.4000}$ $~~~~\underline{3}$ $~~~~13$ $~~~~\underline{12}$ $~~~~~~~14$ $~~~~~~~\underline{12}$ $~~~~~~~~~~20$ $~~~~~~~~~~\underline{18}$ $~~~~~~~~~~~~~20$ $~~~~~~~~~~~~~\underline{18}$ $~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~20$ $~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\underline{18}$ $~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~2$ We can stop the division with the remainder of 2 because we only need to round to the nearest thousandth: $14.466\bar6\approx 14.467$
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