Acompany orders and uses 40,000 table cloths each year. each order has a fixed shipping cost of $ 200 and an additional cost of $ 1 per tablecloth. to store a tablecloth for a full year costs $ 1 . what is the optimal number of tablecloths the company should buy during each order?

answer: city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.

step-by-step explanation:

since we have given that

total annual rainfall a city record = 40 inches

this year, total rainfall recorded = 37.6 inches

number of inches of rainfall   is needed to match the record of 40 inches is given by

hence, city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.