Question

It rained 2 out of the last 12 days in March. If this trend continues, how many rainy days would you expect in April?6759

Answer 1

Step 1:

In this question, we are given the following:

It rained 2 out of the last 12 days in March. If this trend continues,

how many rainy days would you expect in April?

Step 2:

Recall that there are 30 days in the month of April, and for us to have a definite proportion, we need to do the following:

`(2)/(12)=(x)/(30)`

we cross-multiply and we have that:

`\begin{gathered} 12\text{ x = 2(30)} \\ \text{Divide both sides by 12, we have that:} \\ \text{x=}(60)/(12) \\ \text{x = 5 days} \end{gathered}`

CONCLUSION:

It is expected to rain for a given period of 5 days in the month of April.