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 an average week. Approximately 2×103 visits were reflected in their logbook during this two-week period, while only about 5×102

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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 an average week. Approximately 2×103 visits were reflected in their logbook during this two-week period, while only about 5×102
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.(1 point)
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GPT-4o mini · Accepted Answer

To find how many times higher the number of library visits before examination day is compared to the average week, we need to divide the total visits during the two-week period by the average number of visits in one week.

The total visits during the two-week period is given as \(2 \times 10^3\), which is equal to \(2000\).

The average visits in one week is given as \(5 \times 10^2\), which is equal to \(500\).

Now, we calculate the number of times higher:

\[ \text{Number of times higher} = \frac{2000}{500} = 4 \]

So, the number of library visits before examination day is 4 times higher than the library visits in an average week.