Question

Josie read 246 pages of a book last month her older brother says he read about 3 to 4 times as many pages as Josie explain why 2500 is not a reasonable estimate for the number of pages that Josie's brother read

Answer 1

Answer:

2500 is not a reasonable estimate.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

Number of pages read by Josie = 246

Pages read by older brother = 3 to 4 times as many pages as Josie

If x represents the number of pages read by her brother, we can write:

$3(\text{Pages read by Josie})\leq x \leq 4(\text{Pages read by Josie})$

Putting values, we get,

$3(246) \leq x \leq 4(246)\\738 \leq x \leq 984$

Since, 2500 does not lie in this interval

$738 \leq 2500 \nleq 984$

Thus, 2500 is not a reasonable estimate for the number of pages that Josie's brother read.