Question
After 3 hours of steady snowfall, Marcy measures how much snow is in her driveway. She finds there is 1/2
of an inch of snow. How many inches of snow fell each hour?
Write your answer as a fraction or a whole number.
of an inch of snow. How many inches of snow fell each hour?
Write your answer as a fraction or a whole number.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To find out how many inches of snow fell each hour, you can divide the total amount of snow by the number of hours of snowfall.
Marcy measured 1/2 inch of snow after 3 hours.
So, the amount of snow that fell each hour is:
\[
\text{Inches of snow per hour} = \frac{\text{Total inches of snow}}{\text{Total hours}} = \frac{1/2 \text{ inch}}{3 \text{ hours}}
\]
Calculating this:
\[
\frac{1/2}{3} = \frac{1}{2} \times \frac{1}{3} = \frac{1}{6}
\]
Thus, the snow fell at a rate of \( \frac{1}{6} \) of an inch per hour.
Marcy measured 1/2 inch of snow after 3 hours.
So, the amount of snow that fell each hour is:
\[
\text{Inches of snow per hour} = \frac{\text{Total inches of snow}}{\text{Total hours}} = \frac{1/2 \text{ inch}}{3 \text{ hours}}
\]
Calculating this:
\[
\frac{1/2}{3} = \frac{1}{2} \times \frac{1}{3} = \frac{1}{6}
\]
Thus, the snow fell at a rate of \( \frac{1}{6} \) of an inch per hour.