in a poll last year, the residents of a town were asked to rate the mayor on a scale of -10 to 10 points. The mayor reciebed an average approval rating of -2.5 points. This year, the mayors average rating decreased by 0.75points. What is the mayos average approval rating this year?

Let us first describe how partial product and regrouping are alike:

Partial Products and Regrouping are alike because both methods are multiplied by one number and if the product of the number has 2 digits it can be carried.

Now let us discuss how they are different:

Partial Products and Regrouping are different because Partial Products are doing multiplication step by step and regrouping is regular multiplication.

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