Answer:
The amount of rain the town received in 31-day month is ≈ 78 inches to the nearest inches.
Step-by-step explanation:
We can use proportion to solve this
Let x represent the amount of rain the town receive in 31-day month
Two weeks is equivalent to 14 days
14 days = 35 inches
31 days = x
Cross-multiply
14 × x = 31×35
14 x = 1085
Divide both-side by 14 to get the value of x
[tex]\frac{14x}{14}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{1085}{14}[/tex]
(On the left-hand side of the equation 14 at the numerator will cancel-out 14 at the denominator leaving us with just x while on the left-hand side of the equation 1085 will be divided by 14)
x = 77.5 inches
x ≈ 78 inches to the nearest inches
Therefore the amount of rain the town received in 31-day month is ≈ 78 inches to the nearest inches.
