The towns of MountainView and vally view have the population of 38754 and 62041 to the nearest thousand what is the best estimate of the difference in the towns populations

23, 000

Step-by-step explanation:

Population of MountainView = 38, 754

Population of VallyView = 62, 041

The difference between the two towns = 62, 041 - 38, 754

                                                                  = 23, 287

Now let's take this difference to the nearest thousand

Remember, a thousand has 3 zeros, numbers greater than 5 are rounded up while those less than 5 are rounded off

let's take the last thousand of the difference

we have;

3,287

we can see that 2 is less than 5 therefore, it is rounded off and all the numbers after it also become zero

Our estimated difference in the towns population becomes 23, 000