Question

Ms fazing is the manager of a television station. Sue prepared a line plot to show the lengths of the commercials aired during a recent broadcast. She concluded that the longest commercial were 3 times as long as the shortest ones because 3 x 1/2=1 1/2. Did ms Fazio use the correct operation to support her conclusion? Explain

Answer 1

10.

Yes, because if we multiply the shortest commercial by 3, we obtain the length of the largest commercial:

3 x 1/2 = 1 1/2

12. It is logical, there's no way to improve his reasoning.