A thermometer is taken from a room where the temperature is 20C to the outdoors, where the temperature is 3C After one minute the thermometer reads 15C (a) What will the reading on the thermometer be after 3 more minutes? (b) When will the thermometer read 4C

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A thermometer is taken from a room where the temperature is 20C to the outdoors, where the temperature is 3C After one minute the thermometer reads 15C
(a) What will the reading on the thermometer be after 3 more minutes?

(b) When will the thermometer read 4C

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