On the ski slopes...

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On the ski slopes the depth of the snow is 160cm and each day 3cm melts. After how many days will the depth of snow have fallen to 124cm

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  1. Anonymous6 July 2022 at 11:16

    To solve this one we first have to do 160 - 124 which is 36. This shows that 36cm will need to melt to fit the conditions. If 3cm melts each day, then it would take 36/3 = 12 days for the depth of snow to fall to 124cm

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