Question

On Thursday, r centimeters of rain fell on Deborah's garden. On Saturday, 15% more rain fell on the garden.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Since we have given that

On Thursday,

Amount of rain fall on Deborah's garden = r centimeters

On Saturday,

15% more rain fell on the garden ,

So, amount of rain fall on Deborah's garden is given by

$r+15\%r\\\\=r+\frac{15r}{100}\\\\=r+0.15r$

Now, it becomes

$r+0.15r=1.15r$

Answer 2

Answer and Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Let amount of rainfall on Deborah's garden on Thursday be 'r'.

According to question, 15% more rainfall on the garden on Saturday.

So, Amount of rainfall on Saturday would be

$r+\dfrac{15}{100}r\\\\=r+0.15r\\\\=1.15r$

Hence, Deborah got 1.15r amount of rainfall on Saturday.