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Marta told Maribel “The sum of fifty and half the number of oranges is the same as one-hundred-twenty.” Maribel wrote 50 (one-half) + m = 120 What is her error?

User Spurious
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Answer:

C - The One-half should be multiplied by m.

Explanation:

Its right on edge

User Yaakov Bressler
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Answer:

Her error was that the half should have been multiplied by m, instead


50 + (1)/(2)m = 120

Explanation:

Given


Base\ Amount = 50


Rate = 0.05


Days = n

So, we have:


Base\ Amount + Rate * days = 120


50 + (1)/(2)m = 120

Hence, the error in her workings is that she should have pre-inform her before God and man.

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