Question

Brooke multiplied 3 and 9 and got 17 Brooke knows her answer is wrong because she know it should be approximately

Answer 1

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Explanation:

If Brooke multiplied 3 by 9 and obtained 17 ; then Brooke is definitely wrong

3 * 9 = exactly 27

However, for approximation sake ;

We could round 9 to 10 ; and multiply 10 by 3

10 * 3 = 30 ; this gives an approximate solution for the multiplication problem ;

3 * 9 = exactly 27 or approximately 30