Final answer:
To calculate the distance the worm would travel in 1 minute, divide 4/5 by 3, which equals 4/15 of an inch. This means the worm travels 4/15 of an inch per minute, which is not listed as one of the student's answer choices, suggesting there may be an error in the provided options.
Step-by-step explanation:
The student asked: A worm wriggled forward 4 5 of an inch in 3 minutes. At that rate, how far would the worm go in 1 minute? Simplify your answer and write it as a proper fraction, mixed number, or whole number. To find out how far the worm would go in 1 minute, we need to divide the distance it covered in 3 minutes by 3. The worm wriggled forward 4/5 of an inch in 3 minutes, so in 1 minute it would cover a third of that distance.
- First, divide the fraction (4/5) by 3 to find the distance per minute.
- 4/5 divided by 3 equals 4/15.
- Therefore, the worm would wriggle forward 4/15 of an inch in 1 minute.
The correct answer is that the worm would wriggle forward 4/15 of an inch in 1 minute, which simplifies to a proper fraction. This is not one of the options provided, so it seems like there might be a mistake in the option set given by the student.