Larry won an award because he wrote 40 popular songs. However, he also wrote 32 songs that weren't popular. How many songs did Larry write?

72 songs

Step-by-step explanation:

Larry won the award because of 40 popular songs, but do not confuse this with the total songs that larry wrote.

Larry actually wrote 40+32 = 72 songs

Out of these 72 songs, 40 were popular and thus Larry got the award.

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.

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