Math quest after a winter storm, the depth of the snow on cherry street was 10 \text{ cm}10 cm10, space, c, m. but then, the snow started melting at a rate of \dfrac{1}{3} \text{ cm}31 cmstart fraction, 1, divided by, 3, end fraction, space, c, m per hour.what was the depth of the snow on cherry street after 333 hours?
Accepted Solution
A:
We are given that the initial depth of snow is 10 cm
while the rate of melting is 1/3 cm per hour. So the melted ice after 3 hours
is:
melted = (1/3 cm/hr) * 3 hours = 1 cm
Hence the depth left is:
depth = 10 cm – 1 cm = 9 cm
Answer:
9 cm