Question

Answer the question. Show work plz and thank you. Due today.

Answer 1

(1)

The square root of 8 is somewhere between 2 and 3, because

$2^2=48$

So, $\sqrt{8}-2$ is between -1 and 0, whereas $5-\sqrt{8}$ is between 2 and 3.

So, we have

$\sqrt{8}-2$

(2)

The square root of 25 is 5, because $5^2=25$

So, the left hand side is exactly

$\sqrt{25}-2=5-2=3$

You seem to have already computed the right hand side to be 2.30, so we have

$\sqrt{25}-2>2.30$