Question

a town is east texas received 10 inches of rain in two weeks. if it kept raining at this rate for a 31-day month, how much rain did the town recieve

Answer 1

20 because 2 weeks is 28 day and all you have to do is do sum decimals

Answer 2

10 inches of rain in 2 weeks......2 weeks = 14 days....so 10 inches of rain in 14 days.....10/14 = 0.7143 inches per day

for 31 days....
31 * 0.7143 =
22.14 inches in 31 days <==