Two weeks before an examination day, a librarian monitored the number of students who visited the library. then they compared it with the number of visits made in a average week. Approximately 2 x 10^3 visits were reflected in their logbook during this two-week period while only about 5x10^2 were reflected on an average week. how many times higher is the number of library visits before examination day compared to the library visits in an average week? Your answer should be a whole number. (1point)

Question

Two weeks before an examination day, a librarian monitored the number of students who visited the library. then they compared it with the number of visits made in a average week. Approximately 2 x 10^3 visits were reflected in their logbook during this two-week period while only about 5x10^2 were reflected on an average week. how many times higher is the number of library visits before examination day compared to the library visits in an average week? Your answer should be a whole number. (1point)

Answer 1

To find how many times higher the number of library visits before the examination day is compared to an average week, we need to divide the number of visits before the examination day by the number of visits in an average week.

Number of visits before examination day = 2 x 10^3
Number of visits in an average week = 5 x 10^2

So, the number of times higher = (2 x 10^3) / (5 x 10^2)
= (2/5) x (10^3/10^2)
= (2/5) x 10^(3-2)
= (2/5) x 10^1
= 2 x 10
= 20

Therefore, the number of library visits before the examination day is 20 times higher than the number of visits in an average week.