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A record rainfall during a 24 hour period is 15 1/3 inches. How much rain fell per hour.

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The amount of rainfall per hour is 1 13/23 inches of rain

The total rainfall for a 24-hour period has been recorded as 15 1/3 inches.

This means for every hour of that day, the amount of rainfall can be derived the total amount of rainfall divided by 24 (hour). Therefore, this can be expressed mathematically as follows;

Rainfall per hour = Total rainfall / number of hours

Rainfall per hour =

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