Question

The number of dvds shipped to an online retailer was 35,000 less then the previous year.Use an integer to describe the change in the number of dvds shipped is

Answer 1

-35,000

Explanation:

Given that :

Let:

Number of previous year supply = x

Number of supply this year = x - 35,000

The change in the number supplied between for this year and previous year

this year supply - previous year supply

(x - 35,000) - x

x - 35000 - x

= - 35,000

Hence, integer which describes the change in the number of DVDs shipped is - 35,000