8.95 to the nearest tenth.
The tenth digit is the first after the decimal point to the right. And that is 9.
Looking at the next digit after it is 5, and it is up to 5 so we increase the 9 to 10.
And of course the 10 would cause an increase to the 8 for it to become 9.
≈ 9.0 to the nearest tenth.