A snowstorm started a midnight. For the first 4 hours, it snowed at an average of one-half inch per hour. The snow then started
to fall at an average rate of one inch per hour for the next 6 hours. Then it stopped snowing for 3 hours. Then it started snowing agains at an average rate of one-half inch per hour for the next 4 hours until the storm was over. Determine the average rate of snowfall over the length of the storm. State the rate to the nearest hundredth of an inch per hour.
The answer rounded would be .83. I got this by writing out the equation each hour. For example, 1/2+1/2+1/2+1/2+6+1/2+1/2+1/2+1/2+0+0+0 = 10. Then, to find the average you divide them out by the amount of numbers. This would give you 10 divided by 12.
