Question

2877 How many days does it take to reach 6 inches of accumulated rainfall in Knoxville? Assume the variable DAILY_RAIN is defined and is a row vector of a list of values containing the daily rainfall amounts, in inches, for Knoxville. Write a code segment to determine the number of days (values) until the sum is at least 6 inches of accumulated rainfall and store that value in the variable DAYS. Hints: Use a "loop" to sum the values in the input vector, chronologically, adding one more value each time

Example test case: Given an input vector DAILY_RAIN=[1.1 0.9 1.5 1.5 1.2 0.4 0.3] should result in DAYS=5 (1.1 + 0.9 + 1.5 + 1.5 + 1.2 = 6.2 >=6)

Answer 1

#python programming language
DAILY_RAIN=[1.1, 0.9, 1.5, 1.5, 1.2, 0.4, 0.3]   #row vector of list of values containing daily rainfall
number_of_days = 0
flag = 0
Total_rain = 0
for i in DAILY_RAIN:   # loop through all elements in row vector
    Total_rain += i     # and add them to Total_rain
    number_of_days += 1 # increment the number of days passed
    if Total_rain >= 6:   # condition check for total rain more than 6 inches
        flag = 1         # If condition true, It is possible to accumulate 6 or more inches of rain
        break            # Break out of the loop
if flag == 1:
    print("DAYS = ",number_of_days)
else:
    print("Cannot accumulate required rain")