In which story could you use the quotient 32÷4 to answer the question?Choices:(A)Ronald decided to make a movie with his friends one summer. After filming, Ronald edited the movie for 4 days. He removed 32 minutes of footage in all. On average, how much footage did Ronald remove each day?(B)Ronald decided to make a movie with his friends one summer. After filming, the movie was 32 minutes long. Ronald edited the movie and removed 4 minutes of footage. What was the final length of the movie?
Q. In which story could you use the quotient 32÷4 to answer the question?Choices:(A)Ronald decided to make a movie with his friends one summer. After filming, Ronald edited the movie for 4 days. He removed 32 minutes of footage in all. On average, how much footage did Ronald remove each day?(B)Ronald decided to make a movie with his friends one summer. After filming, the movie was 32 minutes long. Ronald edited the movie and removed 4 minutes of footage. What was the final length of the movie?
Understand Problem: Step 1: Understand the problem and identify the relevant story.We need to find a scenario where dividing 32 by 4 answers the question. Let's analyze the choices:(A) asks for the average footage removed per day after removing 32 minutes over 4 days.(B) asks for the final length of a movie after removing 4 minutes from a 32-minute movie.The division 32÷4 directly answers how much footage was removed each day in choice (A).
Perform Division: Step 2: Perform the division to confirm the calculation.Calculate 32÷4 to find out how much footage Ronald removed each day.32÷4=8So, Ronald removed 8 minutes of footage each day.
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