The phrase "approximate the amount of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing estimates or calculations related to quantities or values in various contexts, such as finance, science, or data analysis.
Example: "To better understand our budget, we need to approximate the amount of expenses for the upcoming quarter."
Alternatives: "estimate the quantity of" or "calculate the value of".
In the case of the mortgage protection contract, for example, the amount of the decreasing term insurance is designed roughly to approximate the amount of the mortgage on a property.
To approximate the amount of linearization error in the update, we use eta = frac{text{tr}, PHPH}{ R}(41).
Thus, we can approximate the amount of motion using the differences between adjacent frames (e.g., by analyzing the FD-sequence), rather than direct computation of the motion vectors.
We can approximate the amount of the irradiance absorbed by the photovoltaic module by (as shown in [20]): begin{aligned} G_{mathrm {absorbed}}=G_{mathrm {d,t}} tau alpha )+G_{mathrm {df,t}} tau alpha )+G_{mathrm {g,t}}( tau alpha ) end{aligned} (18 where α is transmittance absorption product.
We applied a solar influx model [25] based on the latitude and longitude of the capital city to approximate the amount of daylight received at the 54 geographic locations.
The zero-to-six scale is a reasonable means to approximate the amount of motility exhibited by Drosophila sperm, and is a refinement of the presence/absence of motility scheme used in many previous studies of sperm motility in Drosophila [33], [42], [43].
If thereafter the company finds itself in funds beyond current needs it may declare dividends out of such surplus or undivided profits; otherwise it may go on for years conducting a successful business, but requiring more and more working capital because of the extension of its operations, and therefore unable to declare dividends approximating the amount of its profits.
This appraisal "certifies" that the value of the enterprise stock is a sum certain, the amount of which approximates the amount of available proceeds from the individual's tax deferred retirement account.
The difference between total livestock feed intake C and total C produced or emitted by live animals (i.e. the sum of C contained in manure, enteric fermentation CH4, and milk and eggs) approximates the amount of C respired in the form of CO2 over a given year, excluding C stored in livestock biomass.
Accurate quantification of specific viral RNA strands with a ssqPCR assay depends on the assumption that the amount of cDNA quantified by qPCR closely approximates the amount of a specific strand of viral RNA in the RT reaction.
