standard_description: Use proportional relationships to solve multistep ratio and percent problems. Examples: simple interest, tax, markups and markdowns, gratuities and commissions, fees, percent increase and decrease, percent error.
problem_activity: The temperatures in Jackman, Maine, are shown in the table below.
| **           Day          ** | **           Monday          ** | **           Tuesday          ** | **           Wednesday          ** | **           Thursday          ** | **           Friday          ** |
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|       Temperature (°C)       |               -5                |                3                 |                 -2                 |                 0                 |               -8                |
a.   What is the average temperature in Jackman, Maine, from Monday to Friday?
b.   On Saturday, the weather reporter in Jackman says that the average temperature, from Monday to Saturday, has risen to 0 °C. What is the temperature on Saturday?


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