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To the nearest tenth, what is the BEST estimate of the value of √24?

A 2.4

B 4.1

C 4.9

D 5.1

User Ved Singh
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The answer would be C 4.9
Because the square root of 24=4.898… and rounded to the tenth is equal to 4.9
User Sunil Patil
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Answer: C: 4.9

The original answer is 4.8989, so I rounded 8 to the nearest hundredth and got the answer of 4.9. Having a Mathematics calculator also helps with math like this.

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