Question

For the past 5 months Pablo's bicycle repair business had these profits or losses: –$85, $70, –$120, –$90, and $35. What was his average profit or loss for these five months?

a. His average loss was $38 per month.
b. His average profit was $38 per month.
c. His average loss was $80 per month.
d. His average profit was $80 per month.

Answer 1

He lost 85 + 120 + 90 or $295 (actually $-295) since they were losses. h
He made 70+35 or $105 (+$105 since he made a profit).

Together -$295 + $105 = -$190
Now this happened over 5 months so lets get the average loss by dividing by 5

$-190 /5 = -$38 so a. his average loss was $38 per month