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Lucas jogged 13 mile in 4 minutes. He divided to find how far he jogged per minute, but he made a mistake. Which reason explains why his answer might be wrong?

A.There are more than 12 equal parts in 13 of a whole.


B.When 13 of a whole is split into equal parts, each part is greater than 13.


C.12×4 does not equal 13.


D.The answer must be a whole number.

User Skull
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Answer:

c

Explanation:

12 x 4 = 48 not 1/3

User Jacenta
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I don't know what he's answer was but the corrected answer is 3.25
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