A thermometer is taken from a room where the temperature is 23°C to the outdoors, where the temperature is –3°C. After one minute the thermometer reads 12°C. (a) What will the reading on the thermometer be after 3 more minutes? (b) When will the thermometer read –2°C? 5.92 minutes after it was taken to the outdoors.

A thermometer is taken from a room where the temperature is 23°C to the outdoors, where the temperature is –3°C. After one minute the thermometer reads 12°C. (a) What will the reading on the thermometer be after 3 more minutes? (b) When will the thermometer read –2°C? 5.92 minutes after it was taken to the outdoors.

Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry

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Chapter2: Equations And Inequalities

Section2.1: Equations

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