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Procedural Rule for Carrying in Rounding
A department manager is rounding a budget estimate of $19,750 to the nearest thousand. Since the thousands digit is 9 and the digit to its right (7) is 5 or greater, the manager must apply the rule for carrying. According to this rule, what are the two specific changes that must be made to the 9 in the thousands place and the 1 in the ten-thousands place?
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