Natasha and Jorge were asked to find the quotient to the decimal division problem 18.8÷1.6 . Natasha says her answer is 11.75. Jorge says his answer is 1.175. a. Who is correct? Natasha or Jorge? b. Explain how you know who is correct. Include in your explanation at least one possible error the student who was incorrect made.(2 points)

Answer 1

a. Jorge is correct.
b. To find the quotient of 18.8÷1.6, we need to divide 18.8 by 1.6. When we divide 18.8 by 1.6, we get 11.75, which is Jorge's answer. Natasha's answer of 1.175 is incorrect because she misplaced the decimal point. Natasha likely incorrectly moved the decimal one place to the right instead of the left when dividing 18.8 by 1.6, resulting in her incorrect answer.