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prealgebra senior
Problem
Which of the following is closest to ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
We have . Also , so . Thus . Now notice that , so , so the answer must be or . To determine which, we write which is true. Hence as the expression is greater than , and less than or equal to (since we showed it is certainly less than ), it is closest to , which is answer . ( is approximately equal to )
Final answer
B