An elephant at the zoo lost 30 pounds over six months. If the elephant lost the same amount of weight each month, which integer represents the monthly weight loss?

Given:

An elephant at the zoo lost 30 pounds over six months.

To find:

The integer which represents the monthly weight loss.

Solution:

Total weight loss = 30 pounds

Number of months = 6

The weight loss in each month is

Monthly weight loss is 5. So, the required integer which represents weight loss is -5. Here, negative sign represents the loss.

It means monthly weight loss is represented by -5.

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