Question

Last year during the hurricane season the amount of rain that fell on the texas gulf coast in october was 14 inches which was 3 1/2 times more than the rainfall during the month of september ?

Answer 1

Given :

Last year during the hurricane season the amount of rain that fell on the Texas gulf coast in October was 14 inches which was 3 1/2 times more than the rainfall during the month of September.

To Find :

Amount of rainfall in September.

Solution :

Let, amount of rainfall in September is x.

It is given that rainfall in October is 3 1/2 = 7/2 times of september.

So,

$\dfrac{7}{2}x=14\\\\x = 4\ inches$

Therefore, rainfall in October is 4 inches.

Hence, this is the required solution.