According to a recent study, the number of prisoners in a prison decreased by 288 inmates over a one-year period. If the decrease was the same for each of the 12 months, write the monthly decrease as a quotient of integers and find the monthly decrease.

A3-dimensional figure has a square base and 4 lateral faces that meet at a point. explain the difference between the cross sections when a slice is made perpendicular to the base through the vertex, and when a slice is made perpendicular to the base and not through the vertex