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Candice spent 5 /14
 hours doing her homework. Her brother, Ronald, spent 1/2
 of that number of hours doing his. How many hours did Ronald spend doing his homework?
 A. 10/8
 B. 2 5/8
 C. 5 1/8
 D. 21/2

To determine how many hours Ronald spent doing his homework, we need to find \( \frac{1}{2} \) of the time Candice spent, which is \( \frac{5}{14} \) hours.

First, we calculate \( \frac{1}{2} \times \frac{5}{14} \):

\[
\frac{1}{2} \times \frac{5}{14} = \frac{1 \times 5}{2 \times 14} = \frac{5}{28}
\]

Therefore, Ronald spent \( \frac{5}{28} \) hours doing his homework. None of the provided options match this fraction. 

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