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James hired an artist to make a painting to hang on a wall of the company library. The dimensions of the mural must be 6 and one third
ft by 2 and one half
ft. Use rounding to estimate the area of the mural. Then find the area.
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Part 1
Estimate the area of the mural. Choose the correct answer below.
A.
21 ftsquared
B.
19 ftsquared
C.
17 ftsquared
D.
18 ftsquared

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Round 6 1/3 ≈ 6 and 2 1/2 ≈ 3, so the estimate is 6 × 3 = 18 ft². (Choice D.)

Exact area: 6 1/3 × 2 1/2 = (19/3) × (5/2) = 95/6 ≈ 15.833... ft².