(Modeling) Rainfall Suppose that during a storm, rain is falling at a rate of 1 inch per hour. The water coming from a circular roof with a radius of 20 feet is running down a spout that can accommodate 400 gallons of water per hour.
(a) Determine the number of cubic inches of water falling on the roof in one hour. (Hint: Each hour, a layer of water 1 inch thick falls on the roof.)
(b) One gallon equals about 231 cubic inches. Write a formula for a function g that computes the gallons of water landing on the roof in x hours.
(c) How many gallons of water land on the roof during a 2.5-hour rainstorm?
(d) Will one downspout be sufficient to handle this type of rainfall? If not, how many should there be?
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