A town in east Texas received 45 inches of rain in two weeks. If it kept raining at this rate for a 31−day month, how much rain did the town receive? Round your answer to the nearest inch.
Well, a town in east Texas that's getting 45 inches of rain in just two weeks? That's enough to turn the place into Atlantis! But let's do some math anyway.
So, if we have 45 inches in 2 weeks, we need to figure out how many weeks are in a month first. Well, there are roughly 4.3 weeks in a month. Don't ask me how that works, it's just the magic of calendars.
Now, let's multiply 45 inches by 4.3 weeks, and we get around 193.5 inches. But remember, we need to round to the nearest inch.
So, our final answer is approximately 194 inches of rain. That's a lot of water pouring down, but hey, at least the residents can skip the car wash and save some money!
To find the amount of rain the town received in a 31-day month if it kept raining at the same rate, we need to find the average daily rainfall.
There are 2 weeks in 14 days, so the average daily rainfall is 45 inches / 14 days = 3.214 inches per day.
Since there are 31 days in a month, the town would receive 31 days x 3.214 inches per day = 99.434 inches of rain in a 31-day month.
Rounding to the nearest inch, the town received approximately 99 inches of rain in a 31-day month.
To find out how much rain the town received in a 31-day month, we need to figure out how much rain they received per day and then multiply that by the number of days in the month.
First, we need to calculate the average amount of rain per day. We can do this by dividing the total amount of rain received in 2 weeks (45 inches) by the number of days in 2 weeks (14 days).
45 inches of rain / 14 days = 3.2142857 inches of rain per day (rounded to 7 decimal places)
Next, we need to find out how much rain the town would receive in a 31-day month. We can do this by multiplying the average amount of rain per day (3.2142857 inches) by the number of days in the month (31 days).
3.2142857 inches of rain per day x 31 days = 99.6428577 inches of rain
Since we need to round the answer to the nearest inch, the town received approximately 100 inches of rain in a 31-day month.