Question

A snowstorm took place during the weekend. Meteorologists tracked the total amount of snowfall for the storm on a graph. The x-axis will represent time in hours, and the y-axis will represent the total snowfall. For the first 2 hours, it snowed at a rate of 1 inch per hour. The snow stopped for an hour and a half, then resumed at a rate of 1.5 inches per hour for the next 3 hours. Based on this information, what scale would work best for representing the data on the y-axis? (1 point
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Answer 1

0.5

Reason: Total snowfall = 2 in (first 2 hr) + 4.5 in (next 3 hr) = 6.5 in. A 0.5-inch scale gives clear, usable tick marks up to 6.5 (or 7) and good resolution.