Luis has $12 and wants to buy 6.6 pounds of apples. Apples cost $1.80 per pound. Luis rounded each value and estimated that he does not have enough money to cover the cost of the apples before sales tax is applied. Which best explains how his estimate relates to the actual product?

Rounding 6.6 pounds to 7 pounds and $1.80 per pound to $2 gives an estimated cost of 7 × $2 = $14. Both rounded values are greater than the original values, so the estimate is higher than the actual cost. The actual cost is 6.6 × $1.80 = $11.88, which is less than Luis’s $12, so he might have enough money before sales tax.

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