Consider the question. Officer Hopps has to give out 200 tickets in May. The first 15 days he averages 8 tickets a day. How many does he have to average each day for the rest of the month to reach his required goal?
What is the step-by-step reasoning process to arrive at the answer: 5?
He has given out 120 tickets because 15 x 8 = 120. He has 16 days left to had out tickets because 31 - 15 = 16. He has to give out 80 more because 200 - 120 = 80. He has to give out 5 a day because 80 / 16 = 5.