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A snowstorm took place during the weekend. Meteorologists tracked the total amount of snowfall for the storm. For the first 2 hours, it snowed at a rate of 2 inches per hour.

The snow stopped of 2.5 hours, then resumed at a rate of 2.5 inches per hour for the next 4 hours.

Based on this info, what scale would work BEST for representing the data on the x-axis?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
0.5

Reason: The total time is 8.5 hours, and 0.5‑hour ticks allow marking 2, 4.5, and 8.5 exactly and give clear resolution for the stops/starts.