When Michael Jordan retired from basketball he had the third highest scoring total in NBA history at 32,293 points and averaged 30 points per game for his whole career. However, Kobe Bryant passed Jordan on the list for third place
with 33,643 points before Kobe retired. If Michael Jordan started playing again, how many games would he have to play
to catch Kobe for third place?

  5.7 cm or 2 1/4 in

Step-by-step explanation:

Your tape measure is not shown.

  On my tape measure, 5.7 cm is the closest mark. On the inch scale, 2 1/4 inches is the next-closest mark.

On a tape measure graduated in 1/32 inch between 2 and 3 inches, you can find the closest mark by rounding to the nearest 32nd:

  2.23607 × 32 ≈ 71.55 ≈ 72 --- 32nds of an inch

  72/32 = 2 1/4 . . . . the closest mark on an inch ruler graduated in 32nds

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For a ruler graduated in millimeters, you can find the closest millimeter in the same way. There are 25.4 mm to the inch.

  2.23607 in × 25.4 mm/in ≈ 56.80 mm ≈ 57 mm

  57 mm = 5.7 cm . . . closest mark on metric scale

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When we check the error, we find the metric mark is closer than the inch mark.

  5.7 cm ≈ 2.24409 in . . . . error of 0.00802 in

  2 1/2 in = 2.25000 in . . . error of 0.01393 in