The company's allocation for expense accounts on the average is $180 per month. Pat has just received his quarterly statement for his expense account and the amount for the quarter is $546. A quarter is 3 months. What is the difference between Pat's monthly average and the company's allocation?

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perl · Answer

I think the monthly average is 546 / 3  per month , and the company's allocation is 180

perl · Answer

a quarter is 3 months. 
so you want the difference between 
546/3  and 180 
This is 
546/3 - 180 = 2