a forest ranger correctly rounded the number of visitors to park to be 120,000 visitors. write a number that could be the actual number of visitors if he rounded to the nearest ten thousand.
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Answer:124,000 can be the actual numberStep-by-step explanation:* Lets explain how to solve the number- The number of visitors to the park is 120,000 visitors rounded to the nearest ten thousands- The round to nearest digit means look to the digit before this digit if < 5 we put all the digits before the rounded digit zero and keep it as it, if the number before the rounded digit is ≥ 5 we put all the digits before the rounded digit zero and add the rounded digit by 1- Ex: # To round 12,345 to the nearest thousand look to the hundred digit (3), 3 < 5 , then the rounded number is 12,000 # To round 12,745 to the nearest thousand look to the hundred digit (7), 7 > 5 , then the rounded number is 13,000 - To find the actual number lets do these steps1. Divide the ten thousands by 2∵ 10,000 ÷ 2 = 5,0002. Add the result and subtract the result from the rounded number∵ 120,000 - 5000 = 115,000∵ 120,000 + 5000 = 125,5003. The actual number is between these two numbers∴ 115,000 ≤ actual number < 125,000- Remember: we can not take the number 125,000 as the actual number because when we round it to the nearest ten thousand the answer will be 130,000∴ You can chose any numbers belongs to this range * I will chose 124,000 can be the actual number