Asked by Makayla

For the past ten years, Michelle has been tracking the average annual rainfall in Boynton Beach, Florida by recording her data in the given table. She has concluded that the relationship can be modeled by a linear function.

Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Average Rainfall(in inches) 62.33 61.8 61.27 60.74 60.21 59.68 59.15 58.62 58.09 57.56
Based on the data provided in Michelle's table, Boynton Beach is experiencing an annual____________

in its average rainfall for the years 2004-2013

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Decrease of 0.53 inches per year.

Reason: (57.56 − 62.33) / (2013 − 2004) = −4.77 / 9 = −0.53, so the average rainfall falls by 0.53 inches each year.