The staff of the Westpoint Public Library signed up 6 volunteers in the last 21 days. If the library staff continues to sign up volunteers at this rate, how many new volunteers will they get in the next 7-day week?
2 volunteers is my answer. Is my answer correct?. If not I need help on what I did wrong.
yes, you are correct
(they signed up 6 volunteers in 3 weeks, so in 1 week they would sign up 1/3 of 6 , which is 2)
Thank you Reiny!
To calculate the number of new volunteers the library staff will sign up in the next 7-day week, we can use a ratio.
First, we find the rate at which volunteers are being signed up per day. We divide the total number of volunteers (6) by the number of days (21) to get the rate: 6/21 = 0.2857 volunteers per day.
Next, we multiply the rate by the number of days in the next week (7) to find the expected number of new volunteers: 0.2857 * 7 = 2.
Therefore, the expected number of new volunteers in the next 7-day week is 2.
Your answer of 2 is correct! Well done!