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Officer brimberry wrote 24 tickets for traffic violations last week, but only 9 tickets this week. what is the percent decrease? give your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Rachel reads 1/5 of the pages of a book plus 12 pages on the first day. on the second day, she reads 1/4 of the remaining pages plus 15 pages. on the third day, she reads 1/3 of the remaining pages plus 18 pages. on the fourth day, she reads the remaining 70 pages. how many total pages are in the book?

Δabc is dilated by a scale factor of 3 with the origin as the center of dilation to form δa′b′c′. the slope of is -1.2. the length of is p units, the length of is q units, and the length of is r units. the slope of is . the length of is units.