A thermometer is taken from a room where the temperature is 20°C to the outdoors, where the temperature is 6°C. After one minute the thermometer reads 13°C. (Round your answers to one decimal place.) (a) What will the reading on the thermometer be after one more minute?(b) When will the thermometer read 7°C?

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A thermometer is taken from a room where the temperature is 20°C to the outdoors, where the temperature is 6°C. After one minute the thermometer reads 13°C. (Round your answers to one decimal place.)

(a) What will the reading on the thermometer be after one more minute?


(b) When will the thermometer read 7°C?

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