A local dumpling shop sold 85,248 dumplings last year. Each plate of dumplings sells for $9.89, and there are 12 dumplings per plate. Which value best estimates the shop’s total earnings from selling dumplings?(1 point)

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Responses

800,000

8,000,000

8,000

80,000

choose the closest one to one of these answers

Answer 1

To estimate the shop’s total earnings from selling dumplings, we first need to determine how many plates of dumplings were sold.

1. Calculate the number of plates sold: \[ \text{Number of plates} = \frac{\text{Total dumplings}}{\text{Dumplings per plate}} = \frac{85,248}{12} \approx 7,104 \]

2. Calculate total earnings: \[ \text{Total earnings} = \text{Number of plates} \times \text{Price per plate} = 7,104 \times 9.89 \approx 70,230.56 \]

Now we round this value to the nearest estimate provided. The closest estimate to approximately $70,230.56 is:

• 80,000

Thus, the best estimate of the shop’s total earnings from selling dumplings is 80,000.