Andy is doing a science experiment with rain. He must measure how much rain falls each month for an entire year. Andy put his results in a circle graph. Using the circle graph, how much rain did Andy record in February (12.9%) if he recorded 62 inches of rain for the whole year? Round your answer to the nearest inch.

Question

Andy is doing a science experiment with rain. He must measure how much rain falls each month for an entire year. Andy put his results in a circle graph. Using the circle graph, how much rain did Andy record in February (12.9%) if he recorded 62 inches of rain for the whole year? Round your answer to the nearest inch.

Answer 1

To find out how much rain Andy recorded in February, first we need to calculate what 1% of 62 inches is:

1% of 62 inches = 0.01 x 62 = 0.62 inches

Now, to find out how much 12.9% of 62 inches is, we multiply 0.62 by 12.9:

0.62 inches x 12.9% = 0.62 inches x 0.129 = 0.07998 inches

Rounding to the nearest inch, Andy recorded approximately 0.08 inches of rain in February.