Hailey is making floral centerpieces for a wedding. each centerpiece has 17 flowers she has 430 flowers for the project. she estimates that she can make between 20 and 30 complete centerpieces. is her estimate reasonable?

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To determine if Hailey's estimate is reasonable, we need to calculate how many complete centerpieces she can make with the 430 flowers she has.

Each centerpiece requires 17 flowers. We can find out how many centerpieces she can make by dividing the total number of flowers by the number of flowers per centerpiece:

\[ \text{Number of centerpieces} = \frac{\text{Total flowers}}{\text{Flowers per centerpiece}} = \frac{430}{17} \]

Calculating this gives:

\[ \frac{430}{17} \approx 25.29 \]

Since Hailey can only make whole centerpieces, we round down to the nearest whole number. Therefore, she can make 25 complete centerpieces.

Hailey's estimate of being able to make between 20 and 30 centerpieces is reasonable because she can make 25 centerpieces, which falls within that range.