Question

A total of 13.2 inches of snow fell during a snowstorm that lasted 5.5 hours. The same amount of snow fell each hour of the storm. How many inches of snow fell each hour? Enter your answer as a decimal in the box.

Answer 1

Answer:

2.4 inches per hour

Step-by-step explanation:

A total of 13.2 inches of snow fell during a snowstorm that lasted 5.5 hours and the same amount of snow fell each hour of the storm.

This means that there was a constant rate of snow fall.

To find how many inches of snow fell each hour, we divide the amount of snow fall by the amount of time that the snowstorm lasted.

That is:

$R = \frac{13.2}{5.5}$

R = 2.4 inches per hour

This means that 2.4 inches of snow fell each hour during the snowstorm.