A car is driving towards home at 0.5 miles per minute. If the car is 4 miles from home at t=0 , which of the following can represent the distance that the car has left to drive? Explain your reasoning. A. 0.5t
B. 4+0.5t
C. 4-0.5t
D. 4(0.5t)

answer: city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.

step-by-step explanation:

since we have given that

total annual rainfall a city record = 40 inches

this year, total rainfall recorded = 37.6 inches

number of inches of rainfall   is needed to match the record of 40 inches is given by

hence, city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.

the mistake in the pattern is that :

b. the decimal point was moved one too many place values each time

the correct pattern could be made by :

b. moving the decimal point to the right the same numbers of place values as the exponents

i would need to see the dot plot : )