$\"\"$

The expression is $\"\"$ .

The perfect square less than 17 is 16.

The perfect square greater than 17 is 25.

The compound inequality is $\"\"$ .

$\"\"$ (Identify perfect squares closest to 17)

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

$\"\"$ (Write 16 as $\"\"$ and 25 as $\"\"$ )

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

16 is closer to 17 than to 25, so the nearest integer, $\"\"$ .

$\"\"$

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