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owens says to find 3×52 using compensation he can multiply 3 ×50 and then subtract 6. is owen correct?

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Answer:

Owen is not correct.

Explanation:

Owen says to find
$ 3 * 52 $.

This can be done easily by splitting
$ 52 $

i.e.,
$ 3 * 52 = 3 * (\ 50 + 2  )\ $

This means we should multiply
$ 3 $ and $ 50 $ and then add it to
$ 3 * 2 = 6 $

So, we should add it to
$ 6 $ and not subtract.

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