Question

44. The decimal expansions of e and √5 are given below.

e ≈ 2.71828182…
√5 ≈ 2.23606797…
a. Find an approximation of √5 +e to three decimal places. Do not use a calculator.

Answer 1

√5 +e = 4.953

Explanation:

given data

e ≈ 2.71828182…

√5 ≈ 2.23606797

to find out

√5 +e

solution

√5 +e = 2.71828182 + 2.23606797

√5 +e = 2.718282 + 2.236068

√5 +e = 4.95435

√5 +e = 4.953