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Evelina took 50 people fishing each day last week. The table shows the number of fish the group caught each day.


Day Fish Caught

Monday 203

Tuesday 186

Wednesday 169

Thursday ?

Friday 135

Saturday 118


If the same pattern of a decreasing catch continued through the week, how many fish did Evelina’s group catch on Thursday?


They caught _____

fish on Thursday.

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They caught 152 fish on Thursday.

Each day the number of fish decreases by 17 fish. You come to this number by subtracting one day's catch (for example 186 on Tuesday) from the previous day's catch (for example 203 on Monday). This difference remains the same throughout the week. Following this pattern, you can find the number of fish caught on Thursday by subtracting 17 from Wednesday's catch.

169 - 17 = 152

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