Identifying Jackson's error(s)
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Answer:
Your answer is 61.
Step-by-step explanation:
Simple enough! We simply round up each cost to the nearest whole dollar. $6.50 can be rounded to $7, $15.75 can be rounded up to $16, $2.25 can be rounded up to $3 (Note we're rounding up, in normal rounding we would round down to $2). Finally, $7.25 can be rounded up to $8.
Next comes simple algebra,
Therfore, your overestimate of the cost would be 61.