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Question
Compare the following decimal numbers and find the greater number
4.571, 4.578
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Solution
4.571, 4.578
Here the whole number part of given two numbers are equal.
Also the digits at the tenths place and the hundredths place also equal.
Again comparing the digits in the thousandths place we get 8 > 1.
∴ 4.578 > 4.571
∴ Greater number is 4.578
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