west palm beach, florida, gets rain about 16 percent of the time. on how many days out of 400 can residents of west palm beach p

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EastWind [94]

3 years ago

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west palm beach, florida, gets rain about 16 percent of the time. on how many days out of 400 can residents of west palm beach p

redict they will get rain?

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2 answers:

vivado [14] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-06T18:33:01+03:00

vivado [14]3 years ago

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Do a proportion. 16/100=x/400. 100x=6400. 6400/100= 64.
The answer is 64 days

Lubov Fominskaja [6] · Answer 2 · 2022-04-06T17:10:46+03:00

Lubov Fominskaja [6]3 years ago

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Remember that 16%=16/100=0.16

If it rains 16% of the time, out of 400 days...

400*0.16=64days

you can predict they'll get 64days of rain

Answer=64days