Question

☆ Request edit access Show All Work 1) In 2005 the number of seniors at Juarez decreased by 63 students over the 9 month school year. If the decrease was the same over the entire 9 months, write the monthly decrease as a quotient of integers and find the monthly decrease.

Answer 1

The seniors decreased in 63 in 9 months. if the rate is the same for all the months, to know the monthly decrease we have to divide 63 by 9 and we get that

`(63)/(9)=7`

so the monthly decrease is 7