On Monday, it snowed a total of 15 inches. On Tuesday and Wednesday, it snowed an additional 4.5 inches and 6.75 inches, respectively. A weather forecaster says that over the last three days, it snowed over 21.5 feet. Is this a valid claim?
1 Answer
Mar 4, 2018
No, this is NOT a valid claim.
Explanation:
We can sum up the total snowfall for the 3 days as:
We know there are 12 inches per foot. So we can multiply the number of inches it snowed by this factor to find how many feet it snowed: