3 years ago

What makes this question wrong?: When you divide a number by

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2 answers:

Mazyrski [523]3 years ago

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The answer is
B) Twice the original number. Why? because you said.

const2013 [10]3 years ago

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The answer is B because when you divide by 2 you get half of the number. But when you divide by 1/2 you do the opposite, so you multiply by the reciprocal.

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Step-by-step explanation:

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