A pressure gauge on a test stand reads 52.738 psi. What is the value of the digit 3 in this reading?
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Answer: C
Correct answer: 0.03. In 52.738 the places after the decimal point are tenths (7), hundredths (3), and thousandths (8). The 3 is in the hundredths place, so its value is 0.03.
- A: This places the 3 in the thousandths place, which actually holds the 8.
- B: This reads the 3 as a tens digit, but it sits to the right of the decimal point.
- C (correct): The 3 is in the second place after the decimal point, the hundredths place, so it is worth 3 hundredths, or 0.03.
- D: This treats the 3 as if it were in the tenths place, but the tenths digit is 7.