Grace and Jamal each bought notebooks for school. Grace bought 2 notebooks for $2.80 while Jamal bought 4 notebooks for $4.40. What was the unit price of each student’s notebooks?

Grace: $2.00; Jamal: $4.00

Grace: $1.40; Jamal: $1.10

Grace: $2.80; Jamal: $4.40

Grace: $1.10; Jamal: $1.40

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To find the unit price of each student's notebooks, we divide the total cost by the number of notebooks purchased.

Grace's unit price = $2.80 / 2 = $1.40 per notebook
Jamal's unit price = $4.40 / 4 = $1.10 per notebook

So, the correct answer is: Grace: $1.40; Jamal: $1.10