Sarah claims that when you divide, the number you are dividing always gets smaller. John says this is not true. Who is correct?

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Sarah claims that when you divide, the number you are dividing always gets smaller. John says this is not true. Who is correct?

If John is correct, give a counterexample.
A) Sarah is correct.
B) John is correct. A counterexample is 4 ÷ 5.
C) John is correct. A counterexample is 4 ÷ 1.25.
D) John is correct. A counterexample is 4 ÷ 1/2

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inn [45] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-01T06:15:20+03:00

inn [45]2 years ago

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Answer:

D

Step-by-step explanation:

John is correct as Dividing does not always gets the quantity smaller for example if we divide 4 by 0.5

We get

4/0.5= 8