Question 14.35
5. How would you round the numbers in the following sum to whole numbers? The rounded numbers must add up to 60.
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If you round the numbers to the nearest whole number, the sum will be 62. One approach to solving this problem would be to round the two numbers whose fractional parts are less than 0.6 down: round 14.53 to 14, and round 16.55 to 16. The rounded sum would be