SOLUTION: Please show me how to solve this problem. A city received 8.4 inches of rain this year. This was 70% of the average annual rainfall. What is the average annual rainfall?

Question 97141: Please show me how to solve this problem. A city received 8.4 inches of rain this year. This was 70% of the average annual rainfall. What is the average annual rainfall?
Found 2 solutions by checkley71, stanbon:
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
8.4/.7=12 INCHES IS THE NORMAL RAINFALL.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Please show me how to solve this problem. A city received 8.4 inches of rain this year. This was 70% of the average annual rainfall. What is the average annual rainfall?
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Let the average annual rainfall be "x" inches.
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EQUATION:
0.70x = 8.4 inches
x = 8.4/0.70
x = 12 inches ( this is the average annual rainfall )
Cheers,
Stan H.
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