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12. Snowfall At 8:00 A.M., you measure the depth of snow in your backyard to be

4 inches. At 6:00 P.M., you measure the snow depth to be 19 inches. What is the
average rate of change in the snow depth?
10

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Answer: The answer would be 1.5

Step-by-step explanation: From 8-6 it is 10 hours. Then you go from 4 inches to 19 inches. So every 10 hours is 15 inches more of snow. If you divide 15 by 10 then it is 1.5

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