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Caleb cut a rope into 4 pieces. The lengths of the pieces of rope are 5 2/8 inches, 7 7/8 inches, 4 1/8 inches, and 3 3/8 inches. Which choice is the closest estimate of the length of the original rope

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Answer:

the actual answer is 20.625 and since there aren't any choices I'll give u my estimated answer: 20

Explanation:

I got my estimated answer by rounding each length of rope down or up according to if it was less than 4/8 or higher. example: rounded 7 7/8 to 8

hope this helps <3

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