SOLUTION: For six months, an automotive dealer tracked the monthly sales of a particular type of vehicle. The number of this vehicle type sold declined by 12 each month. Suppose this pattern

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Question 1106711: For six months, an automotive dealer tracked the monthly sales of a particular type of vehicle. The number of this vehicle type sold declined by 12 each month. Suppose this pattern continues. Which statement describes a recursive process for calculating the number sold each month?
A. Add 12 to the previous month's total
B. Subtract 12 from the previous month's total
C. Multiply the previous month's total by 0.88
D. Multiply the previous month's total by 0.12

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For six months, an automotive dealer tracked the monthly sales of a particular type of vehicle. The number of this
vehicle type sold declined by 12 each month. Suppose this pattern continues. Which statement describes a recursive
process for calculating the number sold each month?

A. Add 12 to the previous month's total

B. Subtract 12 from the previous month's total       <<<---===  This one.

C. Multiply the previous month's total by 0.88

D. Multiply the previous month's total by 0.12

Because the marked statement, and only it, corresponds to the formulated condition.