According to a recent study, the number of prisoners in a prison decreased by 312 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.
The expression to find the monthly decrease in prisoners is.
(Do not simplify.)
The number of inmates in the prison decreased by inmates per month.
(Simplify your answer.)