$\"\"$

The expression is $\"\"$ .

The perfect square less than 15.3 is 9.

The perfect square greater than 15.3 is 16.

The compound inequality is $\"\"$ .

$\"\"$ (Identify perfect squares closest to 15.3)

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

$\"\"$ (Write 9 as $\"\"$ and 16 as $\"\"$ )

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

16 is closer to 15.3 than to 9, so the nearest integer, $\"\"$ .

$\"\"$

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