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Estimate the product of 51 and 48

User Aleh Douhi
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So first you have to find the estimation of 51 which is = 50 Next you find the estimation of 48. 48 is closest to 50 so it's estimation is = 50 Finally you multiply those together and get = 2500 The real answer without estimation is 2,400
User Yclian
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51*48
rounds to
50*50
which equals
2500
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