Question

Which mathematical symbol would best fill in the blank to compare the two real numbers?

square root of 2 blank 1.8 repeating

Answer 1

√2<1.88888

Less then symbol

Answer 2

The correct mathematical symbol that would best fill in the blank to compare the two real numbers is <

Explanation:

The square root of 2 is 1.414213562373095 and this number is minor to 1.8- The symbol "<" is called the less than symbol and it is used to mention that a quantity is minor to the following one, then the first quantity will always be bigger than the second one, in here the square root is minor to the number 1.8 and we write it as
`√(2) \leq  1.8`