Todd has a new spool of wire. He needs 48 pieces of wire, each 22 feet long. He estimates that he needs 50*20=1000 feet, and he concludes that 1 spool with 1000 feet will enough. Dose it make sense for Todd to find an overestimate or an underestimate to decide if one spool is enough? Why?

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Sandra Villarreal

Mathematics

4 February, 07:30

Todd has a new spool of wire. He needs 48 pieces of wire, each 22 feet long. He estimates that he needs 50*20=1000 feet, and he concludes that 1 spool with 1000 feet will enough. Dose it make sense for Todd to find an overestimate or an underestimate to decide if one spool is enough? Why?

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Answer: 1000

Step-by-step explanation: Tood estimated to the nearest tenth which is 50 and then he estimated 22 and that was 20 so 20 multiplyed by 50 = 1000