Question

A rain storm came through Clifton park and it was accumulating 2/3 inches of rain/hour. How many inches of rain would fall in 6 hours if it continued at this rate?

Answer 1

4 inches of rain would fall in 6 hours

Solution:

Given that, A rain storm came through Clifton park  

And it was accumulating $\frac{2}{3}$ inches of rain/hour

So amount of rain accumulated in 1 hour = $\frac{2}{3}$

Thus amount of rain accumulated in six hours is calculated by multiplying the amount of water accumulating per hour and 6

Amount of water accumulated in 6 hours = Amount of water accumulated in 1 hour $\times$ 6

$\text { Amount of water accumaulated in 6 hours }=\frac{2}{3} \times 6=4$

Another way:

Let "n" be the amount of rain accumulated in 6 hours

1 hour ⇒ $\frac{2}{3}$ rain accumulated

6 hours ⇒ "n"

By cross multiplication, we get

$6 \times \frac{2}{3} = 1 \times n\\\\n = \frac{2}{3} \times 6 = 4$

Hence, 4 inches of rain would fall in 6 hours.