i have a question on homework that says, "a small tree was measured at 3.67 feet tall. it can grow to 25 times that hight. what is the tallest hight the tree can be expected to reach?"

i know that i have to multiply but i cant remember how to multiply decimals. HElllllllpppppppp!!!!!!!

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You need the same number of decimal places in the answer as you do in the problem.

http://www.helpingwithmath.com/by_subject/decimals/dec_multiplying.htm

You can check your answer by rounding the decimal number to the nearest whole number. 4 times 25 = 100

You know then that your answer will be a little less than 100.

3.67 * 25 = 91.75