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The expression is $\"\"$ .

The perfect square less than 7.4 is 4.

The perfect square greater than 7.4 is 9.

The compound inequality is $\"\"$ .

$\"\"$ (Identify perfect squares closest to 7.4)

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

$\"\"$ (Write 4 as $\"\"$ and 9 as $\"\"$ )

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

9 is closer to 7.4 than to 4, so the nearest integer, $\"\"$ .

$\"\"$

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