Question

a recent census listed the population of a city as 831,982. marisol rounds the population to 830,000, and lindy rounds the population to 800,000. PARTE A who rounded the population of the city correctly? explain. PARTE B which rounded population is a more accurate estimate?.

Answer 1

part A: marisol, because 831,982 is closer to 830,000 than 800,000 is

Answer 2

A recent census listed the population of a city as 831,982.

Marisol rounds the population to 830,000. This has been rounded to nearest Ten Thousands Place.

Lindy rounds the population to 800,000. This has been rounded to nearest Hundred Thousands Place.

Marisol rounded more accurately as her figure is very close to actual population. And Marisol rounded correctly.