To find the best estimate of the number of notices Kaylee must fold each day to meet her goal of 586 notices in 22 days, we can set up the calculation:
\[ \text{Notices per day} = \frac{\text{Total notices}}{\text{Number of days}} = \frac{586}{22} \]
Calculating this gives:
\[ \frac{586}{22} \approx 26.64 \]
This means she needs to fold approximately 27 notices per day.
Now looking at the options you provided:
- \(500 \times 20 = 10000\)
- \(500 \times 30 = 15000\)
- \(600 \times 20 = 12000\)
- \(600 \times 30 = 18000\)
These options do not directly relate to folding the notices per day but reflect larger multiplications.
To create a new estimate based on a rough distribution of notices per day, we can round and scale to match one of these options. Rounding up from about 27 to a more manageable number for your options would lead to looking for a number close to 30, then:
\[ 600 \times 30 \text{ does match with pulling 600 as 'notices' and folding 30 each day over multiple days.} \]
However, given she needs about 26-27 per day, the option that makes the closest sense in this rough methodology would indeed be 600*20 in terms of aligning closest numerically with 586.
Overall, for an accurate estimate based on available choices, I would select 600 * 20 as the best proxy, keeping in mind that 30 would lead too far above 586.
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