All categories

4 years ago

Suppose the leftmost digits of two numbers are 8 and 3. Can you tell which numbers is greater. Explain

1 answer:

5 0

No:
At first, it might appear that the number with a leftmost digit of 8 should be bigger than one with a left most digit of 3 because so long as the 3 and 8 have the same digit position, this will be the case;
The same applies if the 3 is at a lower digit position than the 8;
But, there is nothing in the statement to suggest that the 8 has the higher digit position, i.e. the numbers could be 3000 and 800;
In this case, the largest number has the leftmost digit of 3;
Therefore, you cannot tell which number will be bigger without any other information.

You might be interested in

Factor 4x squared-35x+4

ANEK [815]

$4x^2-35x+4\\\\a=4;\ b=-35;\ c=4\\\\\Delta=b^2-4ac\to\Delta=(-35)^2-4\cdot4\cdot4=1225-64=1161\\\\x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt\Delta}{2a}\\\\\sqrt\Delta=\sqrt{1161}=\sqrt{9\cdot129}=3\sqrt{129}\\\\x=\frac{-(-35)\pm3\sqrt{129}}{2\cdot4}=\frac{35\pm3\sqrt{129}}{8}\\\\4x^2-35x+4=4\left(x-\frac{35-3\sqrt{129}}{8}\right)\left(x-\frac{35+3\sqrt{129}}{8}\right)$

8 0

3 years ago

Julian has to read 4 articles for school. He has 8 nights to read them. He decides to read the same number of articles each nigh

daser333 [38]

Answer:

a. He will have to read half an article per night

b. Fraction of the reading assignment read each night = $\frac{0.5}{4}=\frac{1}{8}$

Explanation:

Part a:

We are given that:

number of articles to read = 4 articles

number of nights = 8 nights

To get the number of articles that he should read per night, we will simply divide the the number of articles by the number of nights

Therefore:

number of articles to read per night = $\frac{4}{8}=\frac{1}{2}$ articles per night

Part b:

Now, we know that he will read half an article each night from a total of 4 articles

To get the fraction of the reading assignment read each night, we will divide the number of articles read each night by the total number of assignments

Therefore:

Fraction of the reading assignment read each night = $\frac{0.5}{4}=\frac{1}{8}$

Hope this helps :)

5 0

3 years ago

How to find cos2theta

SSSSS [86.1K]

You can use the sum and difference identities which for cosine is cos(a+b)= cosacosb-sinasinb

5 0

3 years ago

Read 2 more answers

Spotify is giving away free year subscription to every 50th person who completes a brief survey. During the first week, 1,725 pe

Lynna [10]

2,175 people received a free subscription

4 0

3 years ago

Which statement shows that 6.24 is a rational number?

sp2606 [1]

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

8/33 = 0.24242424 ...

so 6.24 repeating = 6 8/33 which is rational. It can be represented by

206/33 which is a fraction and hence rational

7 0

3 years ago