To find the length of the remaining rod, we subtract the length of the cut piece from the original length of the rod.
Original length
=43.4mCut length
=3.532mRemaining length
= Original length - Cut length
Remaining length
=43.4−3.532Let's perform the subtraction:
43.400 (adding zeros to align decimal places for calculation)
3.532
39.868 places.
The original length ( 43.4 m ) has one decimal place.
The cut length
(3.532m) has three decimal places.
The measurement with the fewest decimal places is 43.4 m , which has one decimal place. Therefore, our final answer must be rounded to one decimal place.
Our calculated exact result is 39.868 .
To round 39.868 to one decimal place, we look at the second decimal place, which is 6 . Since 6 is 5 or greater, we round up the first decimal place (8).
So, 39.868 rounded to one decimal place is 39.9 .
Comparing this with the given options:
Option A: 39.9
Option B: 39.8
Option C: 39.868
Option D: 39.87
The correct answer is 39.9 m .