Jason walked for 0.75 hours at a rate of 3.4 miles per hour. He determines that he walked 0.255 miles. Which best explains Jason’s mistake? Jason likely applied his times tables incorrectly, because 3 times 1 = 3 and 0.255 is not near 3.
Jason likely misplaced the decimal, because 3 times 1 = 3, and if the decimal was between the 2 and the 5, the number would be near 3.
Jason likely applied his times tables incorrectly because there are 3 decimal places in the factors and 3 decimal places in the product.
Jason likely misplaced the decimal because there is 1 decimal place in the factors and 0 decimal places in the product.