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area of parallogram now = 8*10 = 80 square units

 if the sides are multiplied by 4 the new dimensions would be

8*4 = 32, 10*4 = 40

 area would be 32 *40 = 1280 square units

1280 /80 = 16

 the area multiplied 16 times which is the multiple squared ( 4^2 = 16)

step-by-step explanation:

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.