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This is probably obvious but I guess I might be reading it wrong? Can anybody tell me the steps I should do?

This is probably obvious but I guess I might be reading it wrong? Can anybody tell-example-1
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2 1/3 is the amount of rain that accumulated in 5 hours. You need to find the last 2 hours. We know that the amount of rain accumulated in the first 3 hours is
1 3/8, so you use the total minus the first 3 hours to find the last 2 hours
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