A thermometer is taken from a room where the temperature is 19C to the outdoors, where the temperature is −2C. After one minute the thermometer reads 8C. (a) What will the reading on the thermometer be after 55 more minutes?  , (b) When will the thermometer read −1C?

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 A thermometer is taken from a room where the temperature is 19C to the outdoors, where the temperature is −2C. After one minute the thermometer reads 8C.

(a) What will the reading on the thermometer be after 55 more minutes?
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(b) When will the thermometer read −1C?

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