Each can is 4.5 inches tall, multiply that by 3 cans to get the total height of the cans:
4.5 * 3 = 13.5 inches ( total height of the three cans)
It snowed for 7 hours.
The first 3 hours it snowed 2 inches per hour:
2 inches x 3 hours = 6 total inches.
7 hours - 3 hours = 4 hours left.
2 hours it snowed 1.5 inches per hour:
2 * 1.5 = 3 total inches.
4 hours - 2 hours = 2 hours left
2 hours x 1 inch per hour = 2 total inches.
Total snow fall = 6 + 3 + 2 = 11 inches.
11 inches is less than the height of the three cans.
2. 11 inches / 12 inches per foot = 0.9167 feet.
Volume of snow = 2 x 8 x 0.9167 14.67 cubic feet of snow needs to be removed.
