Given that four
people have found the perimeter of a forest using different methods.
Given the table below of their results.
[tex]\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}
{|p {2cm}|p {2cm}|p {2cm}|p {2cm}|}
\multicolumn {4} {|c|} {Distance Across Quarry Canyon}\\[1ex]
\centering Juana&\centering Lee Ann&\centering Ryne&Jackson\\[1ex]
\centering$\sqrt{28}${data-answer}amp;\centering$\frac{23}{4}${data-answer}amp;\centering$5.\overline{5}${data-answer}amp;\centering$5\frac{1}{2}$
\end{tabular}
\end{center}[/tex]
To order their calculations from
greatest to least, we first convert all the measurements to decimal.
[tex]\sqrt{28}\approx5.29 \\ \\ \frac{23}{4}=5.75 \\ \\ 5.\overline{5}=5.5555 . . . \approx5.56 \\ \\ 5\frac{1}{2}=5.50[/tex]
Therefore, the ordering of the measurements from greatest to least is as follows:
[tex]\frac{23}{4}\ \textgreater \ 5.\overline{5}\ \textgreater \ 5\frac{1}{2}\ \textgreater \ \sqrt{28}[/tex]
