Question

Quarterback Brett Favre passed for 71,838 yards between the years 1991 and 2011. His all-time high was 4,413 passing yards in one year. In his second highest year, he threw 4,212 passing yards. 1. About how many passing yards did he throw in the remaining years? Estimate by rounding each value to the nearest thousand and then compute. 2. Exactly how many passing yards did he throw in the remaining years? 3. Assess the reasonableness of your answer in (b). Use your estimate from (a) to explain.

Answer 1

assess the reasonableness of your answer in (b). use your estimate from (a) to explain