Complete the following statement. Use the integers that are closest to the number in the middle. \( \square<\sqrt{77}<\square \) Submit

To find the integers closest to \( \sqrt{77} \), we can calculate it approximately. Since \( 8^2 = 64 \) and \( 9^2 = 81 \), we see that \( 8 < \sqrt{77} < 9 \). Thus, we can complete the statement: \( 8 < \sqrt{77} < 9 \)