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Hannah put her dog on a diet and kept track of his weight. At the end of 6 weeks, she recorded the dog's weight change as – 8 1/3 pounds. She notice that he had lost the same amount of weight each week. What is the dog's weight change each week of the diet? Enter your answer as a simplified mixed number.

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the change is the dog's weight is -8 1/3 pounds in 6 weeks

that is

[tex]-8\frac{1}{3}=\frac{-25}{3}[/tex]

6 weeks weight change is - 25/3

so for 1 week

[tex]\frac{\frac{-25}{3}}{6}=\frac{-25}{6\times3}=\frac{-25}{18}[/tex]

so weight change is each week is - 25 / 18

[tex]\frac{-25}{18}=-1\frac{7}{18}[/tex]

so the answer is -1 7/18 pounds.

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