Manda converted the following repeating decimal a fraction. Her work is shown below.
1 answer:
In analyzing Manda’s work, she made a mistake instep 3, she did not subtract one x from the left side.
<h3>What is the fraction about?</h3>Fractions are known to be the parts of a complete or whole numbers of objects. It is known to have a numerator and a denominator and when solving for it, the rule of BODMAS must be obeyed.
In step 3 we see that (image attached) she did not subtract one x from the left side. The right thing to do is to use x to cancel out on the both side and that will make the answer to be correct but she did not.
So her error is seen in step 3 and as such, option C is correct.
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Options are
Analyze Manda’s work. Is she correct? If not, what was her mistake?
A. Yes, she is correct.
B. In step 2, she needed to multiply both sides by 10.
C. In step 3, she did not subtract one x from the left side.
D. In step 4, she did not simplify her fraction.
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