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Reminder Round all answers to two decimal places unless otherwise indicated.
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a. Use functional notation to express the temperature in Stillwater at
b. What was the average rate of change per minute in temperature between
c. Estimate the temperature at
d. At about what time did the temperature reach the freezing point? Explain your reasoning.
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