Jessie was given the problem 3 2/5 divided by 3/10 to solve Jessie work looks like this 3 2/5 divided by 3/10
17/5 divided by 3/10
17/5•3:10 =17•3 5•10
51/50 = 1 1/50 Jessie answer is incorrect answer the following questions about Jessie’s work find and describe Jessie error what is the correct answer
Jessie's error is in multiplying the fractions 17/5 and 3/10. Instead of multiplying the numerators (17 and 3) and the denominators (5 and 10) separately, Jessie wrongly multiplied the numerators together and the denominators together.
The correct calculation should be:
(17/5) * (3/10) = (17 * 3) / (5 * 10) = 51/50
So the correct answer is 51/50, which is equivalent to 1 1/50.