Question

19)Between 1788 and 2008, the U.S Constitution wasamended 27 times. How many years have passed onaverage between one amendment and the next to thenearest tenth of a year?

Answer 1

Answer:

The number of years that have passed on average betweenone amendment and the next is:

$8\frac{4}{27}$

Explanation:

Given that the U.S Constitution was amended 27 times between 1788 and 2008, the number of years that have passed on average between one amendment and the next is given as:

$\frac{2008-1788}{27}$

Evaluating this, we have:

$\begin{gathered} \frac{220}{27} \\ \\ =8\frac{4}{27} \end{gathered}$