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The mass of a bag of potatoes is 860 kg round to the nearest 10kg. i) Give the upper and lower bounds for the mass.



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Answer:

  • Lower bound ⇒ 855 kg
  • Upper bound ⇒ 865 kg

Explanation:

The upper bound is the highest number that a figure can be to be rounded off to the rounded figure.

The lower bound is the lowest number that a figure can be to be rounded odd to the rounded figure.

The lower bound of 860 to the nearest 10 is;

= 855 kg

855 is the lowest figure that can be rounded up to 860.

The Upper bound is;

= 865

865 is the highest figure because no figure above this can be rounded to 860.

855 kg ≤ 860 kg < 865 kg

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