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Dale caught a trout that was 8.5 inches long what is the number rounded to the nearest inch

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it would be rounded to 9 inches because anything 5 and over you go to the next next number
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Since the number after the decimal is higher or equal to 5 the number in front of the decimal goes up 1. The answer is 9 inches.
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