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What could be the possible meanings of
B's answer: "How did he reach this number?"
A: My brother has given me 40, 000 dollars.
B: How did he reach this number?
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Write the amount as $40,000 or 40,000 dollars . B: How did he reach this number? The meaning is eg How did he decide on $40,000?
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What could be the possible meanings of
B's answer: "How did he reach this number?"
A: My brother has given me 40, 000 dollars.Write the amount as $40,000 or 40,000 dollars.
B: How did he reach this number? The meaning is
eg How did he decide on $40,000?
eg Why$40,000?
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anonymousB's answer: "How did he reach this number?"
People say "How did he arrive at this number?" when they want to know what made him choose it. "Reach" is wrong.