ANSWER
[tex]7.26451[/tex] correct to 3 decimal places is [tex]7.265[/tex]
EXPLANATION
We start counting from the first number after the decimal point.
So starting from 2, we count 3 decimal places to the right and land on 4.
Next, we check to see if the number after 4, is greater or equal 5, then we round up, else we round down.
Since that number is 5, it is greater than or equal to 5.
Therefore we round up to obtain [tex]7.265[/tex]
7.264 51 correct to 3 decimal places is 7.265.
What is means to write a number to three decimal places is that after the decimal point, there should be three numbers. It means that the number should be rounded off to the nearest thousandth.
In order to round off to 3 decimal places take the following steps:
Examine the number in the ten thousandth place:
The number in the ten thousandth place is 5, so the number in the thousandth place increases by 1. The number becomes 7.265.
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