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The expression is $\"\"$ .

The perfect square less than 120 is 100.

The perfect square greater than 120 is 121.

The compound inequality is $\"\"$ .

$\"\"$ (Identify perfect squares closest to 120)

$\"\"$ (Take positive square root of each side)

$\"\"$ (Write 100 as $\"\"$ and 121 as $\"\"$ )

$\"\"$ (Cancel squares and roots)

121 is closer to 120 than to 100, so the nearest integer, $\"\"$

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The square root to the nearest integer is $\"\"$ .