A number in the given statement has been rounded from its actual value. Give the greatest and least possible actual values for the number.
17) The longest bridge in the United States is the Second Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana. It is 125,000 feet long (rounded to the nearest 5000 feet).
please help with that problem ^
2007-09-18 17:34:14 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
The longest is 124,999 feet (rounded to 125,000 ft)
the shortest is 122,501 feet (rounded to 125,000 ft, being closer to 125000 than 120000, rounded to the 5000ths)
without decimals of course :)
2007-09-18 17:45:06 · answer #1 · answered by writersblock702 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is between 124500 (round up to 125000) and 125499 (round down to 125000)
2007-09-19 00:47:47 · answer #2 · answered by norman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
124500-124999
2007-09-19 00:39:56 · answer #3 · answered by criselda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1225001 to 127499
ok thanks
2007-09-19 01:43:46 · answer #4 · answered by sanjeewa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋