Question

to find the product 3 3/8 * 4 1/9.tara rewrote 3 3/8 as 17/8 amd 4 1/9 as 13/9. she multiplies the fractions to find the product 221/72. what error did she make

Answer 1

Answer:

The error Tara made is she rewrote incorrectly 3 3/8 as 17/8 and 4 1/9 as 13/9,

the corrected number can be rewrote as 3 3/8 as 27/8 and 4 1/9 as 37/9.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the Product of:

$3\frac{3}{8}\times 4\frac{1}{9}$

The Number can be rewrote as,

$\frac{3\times8+3}{8}\times \frac{4\times9+1}{9}\\\\\frac{24+3}{8}\times \frac{36+1}{9}\\\\\frac{27}{8}\times \frac{37}{9}$

Tara made error here she rewrote the number incorrectly 3 3/8 as 17/8 amd 4 1/9 as 13/9.

Now multiplying the fraction we get

$\frac{999}{72}$

Because she rewrote incorrectly which led her answer to multiplication of fraction, the product too was incorrect which she wrote as 221/72.