during a heavy rainstorm a city in florida received 12 ¼ inches of a rain in 25 ½ hours. what is the approximate rainfall rate in inches per hour?

1) first step

in this exercise you must add 12 + 1/4 = 49/4

and 25+1/2 = 51/2

2) second step

now you must express the fraction inches of rain / hours

49/4:51/2 = 49/102, it means 49 inches of rains / 102 hours