Question

Ms. Hamby gave a quiz. Two students’ work and the answer key are shown. Ms. Hamby accepts equivalent answers in any form.

Answer 1

Answer:

Student A and Student B both answered 2 questions correctly.

See explanation below

Step-by-step explanation:

Note: that answers in the form:

$\frac{a}{-b}=\frac{-a}{b}=-\frac{a}{b}$

ARE ALL EQUIVALENT.

First of all, 4/5 is equivalent to 0.8 if we do long division.

and 19/20 is 0.95 if we do long division.

Now, Student A:

Both of the fractions are correct and the negative sign is equivalent and makes the answer correct, so both are correct.

For Student B:

Similarly, both answers are correct for this student as well, looking at the equivalence we showed first.

Also, "-" (negative) in front of the parenthesis and inside parenthesis here doesn't matter.

Hence,

Student A and Student B both answered 2 questions correctly.