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prealgebra junior

Problem

The diagram shows part of a scale of a measuring device. The arrow indicates an approximate reading of
problem
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Clearly the arrow marks a value between and , so only and are possible. Looking, we see that the arrow is closer to , so Each part of the semicircle is one fourth of it, so we see that the answer is between and . THe arrow is pointing a little in front of The middle of and .Therefore, we have that is our answer --- stjwyl
Final answer
D