Information repeated for your convenience. You may need to use answers from previous questions to help you. At noon today a blizzard hit and it began snowing in Springfield. It snowed continuously until 10:00 pm. The following chart shows information about the storm. Time Hours since noon (12:00 pm) | Rate of Snowfall 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm 0 to 3 2 inches per hour 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm 3 to 5 4 inches per hour 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm 5 to 10 1.5 inches per hour a. When it starts snowing at a rate of 1.5 inches per hour at 5:00 pm, there was already inches of snow accumulated. b. At 6:00 pm it had been snowing at a rate of 1.5 inches per hour for hours. The TOTAL accumulated snowfall since noon was inches. c. At 8:00 pm it had been snowing at a rate of 1.5 inches per hour for hours. The TOTAL accumulated snowfall since noon was inches. d. At 9:30 pm it had been snowing at a rate of 1.5 inches per hour for hours. The TOTAL accumulated snowfall since noon was inches. e. What was the TOTAL accumulated snowfall during the entire 10-hour long snowstorm? inches. f. Use the following applet to explore how the total snowfall (in inches, represented on the vertical axis) varies as the number of hours since noon increases (represented on the horizontal axis). Drag the "x" on the horizontal axis to vary the time elapsed and note how the rate changes after t = 3 and again after t = 5. 247 d 20 16 12 4 = 0.00 2 4 6 8 10 12