Directions: Use the information in the charts to answer the questions. Type of Fruit Cost Estimated Cost apple $1.75/pound 8.75 orange $2.35/pound 9.40 banana $1.50/pound 4.50 Annie bought 5 pounds of apples, 4 pounds of oranges, and three pounds of bananas. a. Round the prices to the nearest whole dollar to estimate how much money she spent. b. How much money did Annie actually spend? Write a numerical expression to represent the amount of money that Annie spent. Was your estimation an overestimation or underestimation? Why do you think that might be?

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MrRoyal MrRoyal · Answer 1 · 2021-12-20T14:52:30+01:00

Estimates are used to make prediction about an actual value

The chart is given as:

Fruit Cost Estimated

Apple $1.75/pound 8.75

Orange $2.35/pound 9.40

Banana $1.50/pound 4.50

The number of pounds of each fruit Annie bought are:

[tex]Apples= 5[/tex]

[tex]Orange = 4[/tex]

[tex]Banana = 3[/tex]

(a) The estimated amount

To do this, we make use of the estimated column.

So, we have:

[tex]Estimated = \sum Cost \times Pounds[/tex]

[tex]Estimated =1.75*5+8.75*4+1.50*3[/tex]

Approximate the prices

[tex]Estimated =2*5+9*4+2*3[/tex]

[tex]Estimated =52[/tex]

Hence, Annie estimated spending $52

(b) The actual amount spent

To do this, we make use of the cost column.

So, we have:

[tex]Actual = \sum Cost \times Pounds[/tex]

[tex]Actual =1.75*5+8.75*4+1.50*3[/tex]

[tex]Actual =48.25[/tex]

Hence, Annie actually spent $48.25

(c) The decision

By comparison, the estimated spending is greater than the actual amount spent.

Hence, your estimation is an overestimation