Complete Question:
Ms. Perez's biology class grew sunflowers to learn about plants. During the first week, the average sunflower grew 3 inches. The table shows the difference from the average for three students.
Order the values of the differences from least to greatest.
Student: Raj. Difference (in.): 4/5
Student: Clara. Difference (in.): -1 1/2
Student: Jacob. Difference (in.): 0.9
Answer:
, and
The greatest is: 0.9
By student names: Clara, Raj and Jacob
Step-by-step explanation:
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Given
Differences:
, ,
Required
Order from least to greatest
We have: , ,
First convert fractions to decimal
So, the differences become:
, ,
Now arrange from least to greatest
, and
From the above representation,
The greatest is: 0.9
By student names, we have:
Clara, Raj and Jacob
This is done by simply replacing the numbers with the student name.
See attachment for number line