Simplify: 7.5-3.2+4.6
By grouping positive and negative numbers separately, we have
(7.5+4.6)-3.2
7.5+4.612.1 12.1-3.28.9
Hence, 7.5-3.2+4.6=8.9
Question 9 A company manufactures car batteries of a particular type. The lives (in years) of 40 such batteries were recorded as follows: 2.63.03.73.22.24.13.54.53.52.33.23.43.83.24.63.72.54.43.43.32.93.04.32.83.53.23.93.23.23.13.73.44.63.83.22.63.54.22.93.6 Construct a grouped frequency distribution table for this data, using class intervals of size 0.5 starting from the intervals 2−2.5.
Simplify:
2.67+3.2-6.704+11.23
Simplify the following:
7.5+0.75+7.705