Terrence solves the problem and finds 53.04 x 4.6 = 2,439.84. Tara says that his product is incorrect. Fill in the blanks to hel

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3 years ago

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p Tara explain Terrence's error. Terrence moved the decimal point in the product too _______ places to the left.

2 answers:

Sati [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-04T14:34:06+03:00

Answer:tara was right terrence was close but he put the(.) in the wrong spot the correct answer is 243.984 but terrence put 2439.84

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Step-by-step explanation:

lesya [120] · Answer 2 · 2022-06-04T16:36:00+03:00

Answer:

"few"

Step-by-step explanation:

The number of decimal places in the product is the sum of the numbers of decimal places in the factors. Here, that sum is 2+1 = 3.

The product shown has only 2 decimal places, a number that is too <em>few</em>.

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The correct product is 243.984.