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Tony's Mom gives him a weekly allowance. Due to his bad behavior, his allowance has been shrinking at a rate of 2 3/10 dollars every 3 1/2 days. Set up an equation to find the average rate at which his weekly allowance has been decreased each day. Be sure to simplify your answer.

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I think it would be -3 2/7
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Answer:

-3 2/7 per day

Explanation:

-2 3/10 then put that all over 3 1/2

-23/10 divided by 7/2

-23/10 *21/7 = -23/7= -3 2/7 per day

the 10 cross out and make a 5

i should be right

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