Question

Melissa put her cat, Herman, on a diet and kept track of his weight. At the end of 4 weeks, she recorded Herman's weight change as −4 1/2 ounces. She noticed that he had lost the same amount of weight each week. What is Herman's weight change each week of the diet? Enter your answer in the box.

Answer 1

-103

if he lost the same weight each week that means -412 (the weight he lost) ÷ 4 (number of weeks) = -103 (amount of weight lost in one week)

Answer 2

Answer: -1 1/8

Step-by-step explanation: When you have a problem like this, you have to divide.

So you turn the improper fraction into a mixed number which (4 1/2 turns into 9/2) and then you do KCF (Keep Change Flip). So you keep the 9/8, change division into multiplication, and since we are going to put the four over a 1 like this 4/1, we need to change it into 1/4. Then you multiply across. 9x1=9 and 2x4=8 so it would be 9/8. But it's an improper fraction right? So you do long division, and you get -1 1/8.