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So for this problem on a tour of an old gold mine, you find a nugget containing 0.82 ounce of gold. gold is worth $1323.80 per ounce. how much is your nugget worth? when i multiply my answer is 1085.516 so how does it change to 1085.52?

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So for this problem on a tour of an old gold mine, you find a nugget containing 0.82 ounce of gold. gold is worth $1323.80 per ounce. how much is your nugget worth? when i multiply my answer is 1085.516 so how does it change to 1085.52?

The final answer should be rounded to 2 decimal places: $1085.52.

When rounding, look at the number to the right of the digit you are rounding to. (In this case the 6). If that number is 5+ round up, if that number is 1-4, round down. 6 is greater than 5 so you round up to $1085.52 rather than $ 1085.51.

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