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A leaky pool loses 2 and one-fourth inches of water each day. Jermaine and Mildred are asked to determine the change in the amount of water in the pool over 5 days.

Jermaine’s Solution
Mildred’s Solution
5 (Negative 2 and one-fourth) = 5 (negative 2 minus one-fourth) = negative 10 minus one-fourth = negative 10 and one-fourth
5 (Negative 2 and one-fourth) = 5 (negative 2 minus one-fourth) = negative 10 minus StartFraction 5 over 4 EndFraction = negative 11 and one-fourth

Which describes the reasoning used to determine whose solution is correct?

User Fhnuzoag
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Answer:

d

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User Guru Kara
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Answer:

D - Mildred is correct because she distributed 5 correctly.

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