math Juan and Brooke measured a paper clip Juan said the paper clip was 5 inches and Brooke said it was 2 inches how could both

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grigory [225]

3 years ago

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math Juan and Brooke measured a paper clip Juan said the paper clip was 5 inches and Brooke said it was 2 inches how could both

students be correct.

Mathematics

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aleksklad [387] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-10T17:27:38+03:00

aleksklad [387]3 years ago

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They could both be correct, since one could be measuring the width and the other the height. Typically a paper clip has a bigger length than width, so Juan most likely measured the length and Brooke probably measured the width.