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1. Jacob and Edward both have the same take-home test to complete for tomorrow. Jacob has finished
5/8 of it and Edward has finished 5/9 of it, but instead of working on it, they are talking on the phone
! about how boring it is. Jacob also made the point that Edward has more work left to do than he does.
When Edward asked why, Jacob said, "Well, 5/8 is just over half, and 5/9 is just under half (5/10 would be
half), so you have more work to do!"
Is Jacob correct? If not, explain where he might
have gone wrong or what he was missing using
words and numbers. Be as clear as possible to help
him out! 5 points
Solve the problem the correct way, showing all
of your work and explaining the steps you took
Use math vocabulary!