Melissa works for the National Weather Station. During a stormy week, Melissa recorded the daily total rainfall for the first week of March. Date Rainfall in Inches March 1 3.25 March 2 5.62 March 3 1.05 March 4 4.1 March 5 7.23 March 6 1.88 March 7 0.06 The total amount of rainfall recorded for the first week of March in the three previous years was 48.91 inches. Last year the total rainfall was only 11.76 inches. The year before that was 16.78 inches. The third years' rainfall total is missing from the report. What is the missing total rainfall for year three? Melissa thinks this year's total rainfall for the first week of March exceeds each of the three previous years' rainfall totals for the first week of March. Is Melissa correct? Show all your mathematical thinking.
