Melissa put her cat, herman, on a diet and kept track of his weight. at the end of 4 weeks, she recorded herman's weight change as −4 1/2 ounces. she noticed that he had lost the same amount of weight each week. what is herman's weight change each week of the diet? enter your answer in the box.

-103  

if he lost the same weight each week that means -412 (the weight he lost) ÷ 4 (number of weeks) = -103 (amount of weight lost in one week)

-1 1/8

Step-by-step explanation: When you have a problem like this, you have to divide.

So you turn the improper fraction into a mixed number which (4 1/2 turns into 9/2) and then you do KCF (Keep Change Flip). So you keep the 9/8, change division into multiplication, and since we are going to put the four over a 1 like this 4/1, we need to change it into 1/4. Then you multiply across. 9x1=9 and 2x4=8 so it would be 9/8. But it's an improper fraction right? So you do long division, and you get -1 1/8.