Question

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Mrs. Perkey put her cat, Midnight, on a diet and kept track of his weight. At the end of 4 weeks, she recorded Midnight’s weight change as -4 1/2 ounces. Mrs. Perkey noticed that he had lost the same amount of weight each week. What is Midnight’s weight change each week of the diet?

Answer 1

You should just have to divide the weight lost (4.5 ounces) by the time it took for her cat to lose that weight (4 weeks)!

4.5 / 4 = 1.125, meaning her cat lost about 1.125 ounces per week!