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Tom drank 1 1/4 quarts of water and his sister Jane drank 1.75 quarts of water. Write the amount that Jane drank using afraction. Who drank more water?(Doesn’t have choices)

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Answer:Jane drank 1 3/4 quarts of water.Jane drank more water than TomStep-by-step explanation:Tom drank  = 1 1/4 quarts of waterJane drank = 1.75 quarts of waterWe have to write the amount of water Jane drank in fraction.There are some steps to convert decimal into fraction.Step 1:Value is 1.75:Put the 1 aside and just work on 0.75Write down the decimal value divided by 1Like, 0.75/1Step 2:Now multiply both the numerator and denominator by 100.We will multiply the numerator and denominator by 100 because 1.75 has two values after the decimal.0.75 *100/1*10075/100Step 3:Simplify the fraction.divide the fraction by 5.=15/20=3/4Now bring back the 1: and the fraction will become.1 3/4Jane drank 1 3/4 quarts of water.Now who drank more water?Jane drank more water than TomReason: Tom drank 1 1/4 = 5/4 Jane drank  1 3/4 = 7/4Both the fractions have same denominator, so the value with the greater numerator drank more water than the other.Therefore Jane drank more water than Tom....