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Seattle, washington is known for being rainy. one day last month, 8 inches of rain fell in 1 1/2 hours. what us the rate of the rainfall expressed in ft per plzzz write a proportion i will give you 100 points

Given that y varies directly to the square root of (x + 1), and that y = 1 when x = 8,(a)express y in terms of .x,(b)find the value of y when x = 3,(c)find the value of x when y = 5.