Mr. Mitchell lost 10 pounds over the summer by jogging each week. By winter time, he had gained 5 1/8 pounds. Represent this situation with an expression involving rational numbers. What is the overall change in Mr. Mitchell's weight?

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The overall change in Mr. Mitchell's weight is pounds.

Step-by-step explanation:

Mr. Mitchell over the summer by jogging each week lost 10 pounds. He had gained pounds by wintertime.

If S represents the weight loss in summer and W represents the weight gained in winter, then the expression for net weight change will be

C = S - W = 10 -

⇒ C = 10 -

⇒ C =

So, this is the required expression.

And Mr. Mitchell has a total change in weight by pounds. (Answer)

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