Question

soldier field, the home stadium of the chicago bears, seats up to 61,500 spectators, but the stadium is rarely filled to capacity. the table below shows a sample of ticket sales to the 5 most recent games.

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$$\begin{tabular}{|l|l|} \\hline game (\\#) & attendance (spectators) \\\\ \\hline 1 & 56,953 \\\\ \\hline 2 & 60,243 \\\\ \\hline 3 & 59,389 \\\\ \\hline 4 & 57,471 \\\\ \\hline 5 & 58,842 \\\\ \\hline \\end{tabular}$$

about how many spectators typically attend a game at soldier field?
round each data value to the nearest ten thousand place to find out.
give your answer as a number/word combination. for example: 988,000 would be entered as 988 thousand

Explanation:

Round each data value to the nearest ten thousand place

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Calculate the typical attendance using the rounded values

$$ \text{Typical Attendance} = \frac{60,000 + 60,000 + 60,000 + 60,000 + 60,000}{5} = 60,000 $$

Format the final answer as a number/word combination

$$ 60,000 ightarrow \text{60 thousand} $$

Answer:

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