really feeling lost in algebra..been out of school too long
-6.514 divided by -3.73 rounded to the nearest hundreth
i too m pretty out of touch on this. .i round no. on instinct. . would the ans be 1.75?Not quite. A negative number divided by a negative number gives a positive quotient. And, rounded to "ten thousandths" (which you have already done) it would be 1.7464. Do you see why?
Now, do you know which digit is the "hundredths" digit?
You're hijacking someone else's thread. Not nice :evil:
. Since "6" is larger than 5, **
It should be along the lines of "since 6 is larger than or equal to 5, then..."
Or, it should be along the lines of "since 6 is larger than 4, then ..."
The digit in question is being compared to the borderline digits of 4 and 5.
1.7463 is closer to 1.75 than it is to 1.74
Not if the reader knows a little logic! Saying "if a then b" does NOT imply "if not a then not b".** This gives the impression that if the digit had been a 5,
that we would have rounded down.