Use Front-End Rounding to Estimate the Sum $187 + 610 + 2,008 + 7585 + 52,594$

question 55

Multiple Choice

Use front-end rounding to estimate the sum: $187 + 610 + 2,008 + 7585 + 52,594$

• A) 61,900
• B) 71,100
• C) 61,000
• D) 60,800

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Definitions:

Tchebysheff's Theorem

A theorem that provides a bound on the probability that the value of a random variable lies within a certain number of standard deviations of the mean.

Observations

Data collected or noticed during an experiment or study, typically recorded for further analysis.

Percentile

A value below which a certain percent of observations fall, used as a measure to understand the distribution of data in a dataset.

Tchebysheff's Theorem

A theorem stating that for any set of data, the proportion of results within k standard deviations from the mean is at least 1-(1/k^2) for k>1.