Step-by-step explanation: In this problem, we are asked to round 10.034 to the nearest tenth. It's important to understand that the tenths place is 1 place to the right of the decimal point. So the digit in the rounding place is 0.
Next, look at the digit to the right of the rounding place which in this case is 3. Since the digit to the right of the rounding place, 3, is less than 5, we round down.
This means that the digit in the rounding place, 0, stays the same and we change all digits to the right of the rounding place to 0.
So 10.034 rounded to the nearest tenth is 10.000 or just 10<em>.</em>0 since we can drop zeroes at the end of a decimal.
I remember CUP -- concave up positive. Here we have a leading coefficient that's negative, so the cup is upside down, the parabola opens down, an arch not a bowl.
