12-10-2014
Mathematics

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During a 3-hour storm, it snow 2.5 inches. Jacob said that it snowed an average of about 8 inches per hour. What is the error?

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12-10-2014

The error was the Jacob multiplied 2.5 by 3 instead of dividing. Instead it should be. [tex]2.5 / 3 \\ .83 inches an hour[/tex]

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