Sarah said that 26÷8 is the same as/equal to 14÷4 and the answers are "3r2". What did Sarah do wrong? 5th grade math help fir my
1 answer:
Answer:
Yes
Step-by-step explanation:
Yes, that is exactly what Sarah did wrong. Apparently, she tried to divide both the numerator and denominator in this problem by 2 (half) but divided the numerator incorrectly. 26 divided by 2 would equal 13 but Sarah mistakenly calculated it as 14 which would give her a totally different value when divided by the new denominator. If were to have divided correctly it would give her which is the same as
You might be interested in
Answer:
(a) 0.6
(b) 0.4
Step-by-step explanation:
If I am reading the little table right, You have made 9 shots, and have missed 6 of them. Therefore, in total, you have made shots.
The definition of probability is the number of events of a desired outcome divided by the total number of outcomes. Since you wish to make a shot for part a, the number of desired outcomes thus far is 9, out of 15 total shots. Thus,
making a shot
Since making a shot and not making a shot are mutually exclusive events, and the only two events that could occur when shooting a basket, the probability of not making a shot and the probability of making a shot are all of the possible outcomes, and is thus equal to 1.
making a shot
missing a shot)
missing a shot
making a shot
missing a shot
QED