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Here's your shmoop du jour...

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Between which two integers does the square root of 80 lie?

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Okay here are the potential answers...

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Before we spoil the ending and kill all the drama... why not hit pause and try to resolve it yourself first?

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So... this is kind of a forcibly brute-forced problem.

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In other words, there isn't some magic formula we can use to solve this puppy.

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What we do know is that there are perfect squares in and around 80 that'll make life easier.

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That is... we know that 8 squared is 64 and that 9 squared is 81.

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HOW do we know that?

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Well, all those years we spent working on our multiplication tables are really paying off now.

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And that's... it.

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Just glance the answers, and select choice B. Done.

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