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What does approximation mean?

Updated: 8/18/2019
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Approximating is the action of making an approximation (or an approximate estimate). An approximation is a well-educated numerical value of something that has not been measured to its highest level of accuracy.

For example: A stadium has 20,000 seats. If the stands looked full from the arena floor and you say that there are 20,000 fans present, you are APPROXIMATING because;

1) You don't know that all 100% of the seats are actually filled

2) You are estimating based on observation

3) Not everyone may be a fan

4) You didn't account for yourself, the staff, etc.

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It means that your answer has to be times by ten, for example if i had:

6 x 3 = 18

an approximate would be :

6 x 3 = 18 but 18 x 10

18 x 10 = 180

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It means to approximate something, and to get an answer that is pretty close to the real answer. So it is kind of like an estimation.

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