1. The problem is to truncate the number 5.60742 to 2 decimal places. 2. Truncating means cutting off digits beyond the specified decimal place without rounding. 3. The number 5.60742 has digits after the decimal point: 6 (1st d.p.), 0 (2nd d.p.), 7 (3rd d.p.), 4 (4th d.p.), 2 (5th d.p.). 4. To truncate to 2 decimal places, keep only the first two digits after the decimal point and remove the rest. 5. So, truncating 5.60742 to 2 decimal places gives 5.60. 6. Final answer: 5.60