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In the seahorse tank at an aquarium, 70% of the male seahorses
have eggs in their pouches. There are 20 male seahorses in the
tank. Kennedy uses the expression 0.07 x 20 to find the number of
male seahorses with eggs. Explain why Kennedy's expression is
incorrect. How many male seahorses have eggs in their pouches?

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Averysmartperson

Part A: Kennedy's expression is incorrect because 0.07 is 7 percent, not 70.

Part B: The correct expression would be 0.7 * 20, which equals 14