After 3 hours of steady snowfall, Marcy measures how much snow is in her driveway. She finds there is 1/2

Question

of an inch of snow. How many inches of snow fell each hour?
Write your answer as a fraction or a whole number.

Answer 1

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.