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During a snowstorm, Gabriella tracked the amount of snow on the ground. When the storm began, there were 5 inches of snow on the ground. For the first 2 hours of the storm, snow fell at a constant rate of 2 inches per hour. The storm then stopped for 5 hours and then started again at a constant rate of 1 inch per hour for the next 3 hours. Make a graph showing the inches of snow on the ground over time using the data that Gabriella collected.

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Final answer:

To graph the inches of snow on the ground over time, create a line graph and plot the data points based on Gabriella's observations.

Step-by-step explanation:

To graph the inches of snow on the ground over time, we can create a line graph. The x-axis represents time in hours, and the y-axis represents the inches of snow. We can plot the data points based on Gabriella's observations.

First, we start with 5 inches of snow on the ground when the storm began. For the first 2 hours, the snow fell at a constant rate of 2 inches per hour, so we can plot (2, 9) as a data point.

Then, the storm stopped for 5 hours, so we have a gap in the graph. After the break, the snow fell at a constant rate of 1 inch per hour for the next 3 hours. This means we can plot (10, 10) as a data point.

Finally, we connect the data points with a line to represent the inches of snow on the ground over time.

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