As part of an ongoing service project, the students at Danville High School recently spent an afternoon planting trees. They planted an average of 2 trees per participant. This month, they plan to do more planting, averaging 50% fewer trees per participant this time. What will be the average this month?____ trees
Q. As part of an ongoing service project, the students at Danville High School recently spent an afternoon planting trees. They planted an average of 2 trees per participant. This month, they plan to do more planting, averaging 50% fewer trees per participant this time. What will be the average this month?____ trees
Calculate new average: Calculate the new average number of trees per participant after a 50% reduction.Reasoning: If the original average was 2 trees per participant, reducing this by 50% means participants will now plant half as many trees.Calculation: 2×0.5=1
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