Caleb and Tyree are combining their money to buy computer software. Caleb has saved nineteen dollars and fifty cents, and Tyree has saved twenty-three dollars and seventy-five cents. Use front-end estimation or rounding to estimate the total amount they have to spend on the software. Name the method you used and show your work.

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anonymous · Answer

What is it that you need help with? Front-end estimation, rounding or adding?

goldeverything · Answer

the whole thing i don't understand it

anonymous · Answer

Do you know how to round?

goldeverything · Answer

yes

anonymous · Answer

Ok. so start by listing the amount each person is offering and round those dollar amounts. It's not clear from the question you wrote what place to round to, so unless you have other instructions, I suggest you round to the nearest dollar.