when someone says "their is a minute chance that this will not work, I told her with my hands on the button."Ït should be fine but you never know."
What does minute mean?
a)Large
b)small
c)long
d)short

Question

when someone says "their is a minute chance that this will not work, I told her with my hands on the button."Ït should be fine but you never know."
What does minute mean?
a)Large
b)small
c)long
d)short

anonymous · Answer

@jazzyfa30

e.mccormick · Answer

Well, did you look up minute?

anonymous · Answer

Yes

e.mccormick · Answer

And what did you find?

anonymous · Answer

its just keep talking about time, the common minute

e.mccormick · Answer

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/minute

e.mccormick · Answer

Down a little ways it has:


mi·nute
2 [mahy-noot, -nyoot, mi-]
adjective, mi·nut·er, mi·nut·est.
1. extremely small, as in size, amount, extent, or degree: minute differences.
2. of minor importance; insignificant; trifling.
3. attentive to or concerned with even the smallest details: a minute examination.

anonymous · Answer

it says wrong i only have one more chance

e.mccormick · Answer

Well what did you try last time?

anonymous · Answer

what you put, i put short,

e.mccormick · Answer

Nowhere in that definition do I see the word short.

anonymous · Answer

LOL i put small, i wrote it wrong sorry

anonymous · Answer

My answer i put was B

e.mccormick · Answer

Well, it means small in this context, so I am not sure why they think it is wrong.

anonymous · Answer

alright, thank you for your help anyways

e.mccormick · Answer

I hate it when auto graders have it wrong.

jazzyfa30 · Answer

@amandasoto144 do you still need help

anonymous · Answer

yes, this questions, i put what e.mccormick said it was and what the definition said it was but it was wrong

jazzyfa30 · Answer

ok try the opposite of the answer you put

anonymous · Answer

oh my, yea no i got that one completely wrong

anonymous · Answer

i put large, that was wrong too

jazzyfa30 · Answer

ok well thats two options gone

e.mccormick · Answer

Here is another reference to why it is small: http://oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/minute--2 I do not know why the auto grader thinks it is anything else. Talk to your teacher about it.

anonymous · Answer

Ok, thank you, i will send those websites to my teacher as well

preetha · Answer

Amanda, e.mcormick is right.  minute here means very small.  Very small chance.
good luck talking to your teacher.!