Question

Gideon noted that three inches of rain has fallen on his patio overnight. The following day, scientist measured and found that the water table had only gained one inch of water. What explains the difference in water amounts

Answer 1

For starters, it seems that it did rain quite a bit, but not too much since he only noticed that it grew one inch. To explain this in much more detailing, in total, there is 4 inches of rain that occurred in over 2 days.