Maria placed a rain gauge in her yard to measure the amount of rain that fell during the school week. she checked the rain gauge every day and found that 1/4 of an inch fell every day for 3 days. on the fourth day, there was no change. on the fifth day, the amount of rain in the rain gauge had decreased by 1/8 of an inch. how much rain, in inches, was in maria’s rain gauge on the fifth day? express your answer in decimal form. .

the answer is:

the answer is:

to solve the problem, we need to remember the quotient of power property, it's defined by the following relation:

if we have a quotienf of powers that have the same base, we need to keep the same base and subtract the exponent of the denominator power to the exponent of the numerator power.

so, we are given the expression:

then, calculating we have:

hence, the answer is:

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your answer is -9

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