After six hours of rainfall today, Yvette recorded the amount of rain in inches y in a rain gauge the table, shows the linear relationship for the recorded rainfall
Rain gauge
Time X hours 3 4 5
Amount of rain and gauge, Y inches 3. 75. 4.5 5.25
How many inches of rain was in the gauge before the rain began today and what was the rate at which the rain fell in inches per hour?
There was 3 inches in the rain gauge before the rain began, and the rain fell at the rate of
0.75 inches per hour
There was one. 5 inches in the rain before the rain gauge began, and the rain fell at a rate of 0.75 inches per hour