Alissa Fong

MA, Stanford University
Teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area

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The Quadratic Formula - Problem 4

Alissa Fong
Alissa Fong

MA, Stanford University
Teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area

Alissa is currently a teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area and Brightstorm users love her clear, concise explanations of tough concepts

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Many students think of decimals as exact. More decimal places is even more exact. BUT, this is actually not the case. When the solution to a math problem is irrational, meaning a non-terminating, non-repeating decimal, and you "round to the nearest tenths or hundredths," you are actually making the solution less precise. The most exact answer is always either a fraction, if possible, or a simplified radical. Here we look at an example of decimal approximations versus simple radical form in the context of solving a quadratic equation.

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