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Question

Find the square rootthe following correct to three places of decimal. 

`2 1/2`

Solution

We can find the square root up to four decimal places by expanding ` 2 1/2` into decimal form up to eight digits to the right of the decimal point as shown below:

`2 1/2=2.50000000` 

But, this is the same with the value 2.5 in problem Hence, the square root of  ` 2 1/2 ` is 1.581.

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Chapter 3: Squares and Square Roots - Exercise 3.8 [Page 56]

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RD Sharma Mathematics [English] Class 8
Chapter 3 Squares and Square Roots
Exercise 3.8 | Q 1.19 | Page 56

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