SOLUTION: until this year greenville has averaged 25.68 inches of rainfall per year for more than a century this year's rainfall showed a changed of -2 3/8% with respect to the previous aver

Question 1208483: until this year greenville has averaged 25.68 inches of rainfall per year for more than a century this year's rainfall showed a changed of -2 3/8% with respect to the previous average how much rain fall this year
Answer by ikleyn(52817) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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My first step is to prepare the numbers in the form convenient for calculations.


2 3/8% =  =  = 0.02375.


Therefore, 


    how much rain fall this year = 25.68 - 0.02375*25.68 = use your calculator = 25.0701 inches.   ANSWER

Solved.

You may round it in other way as you want.

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