To round the number 83.2517 to the nearest tenth, you should follow these steps:
1. Identify the digit in the tenths place. For the number 83.2517, the digit in the tenths place is 2.
2. Look at the digit to the right of the tenths place to determine if the tenths digit should be rounded up or stay the same. The digit to the right of the tenths place is 5.
3. According to the rules of rounding:
- If the digit to the right of the tenths place is 5 or greater, you round the tenths place up by 1.
- If the digit to the right of the tenths place is less than 5, the tenths place stays the same.
4. Since the digit to the right of the tenths place is 5, you round the tenths digit (which is 2) up by 1. Therefore, 2 becomes 3.
Thus, 83.2517 rounded to the nearest tenth is 83.3.
