The curriculum committee at Larchmont High School wants to offer a new elective course next year. They decide to survey Larchmont's 1500 students to determine which course students would prefer. The choices are History of Art, Robotics, and Money and You. Which of the following survey methods will allow the committee to make a valid conclusion about which course the students at Larchmont prefer?

B

Assign a number to each student, and use a computer program to generate 150 random numbers between 1 and 1500. Ask those students whose numbers are selected.

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.