A col front hit Hartford, Connecticut. The temperature dropped by 6 degrees every hour from 4:00 to 9:00 AM. If at 4:00 AM it wa

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A col front hit Hartford, Connecticut. The temperature dropped by 6 degrees every hour from 4:00 to 9:00 AM. If at 4:00 AM it wa

s 9 degrees, what was the temperature at 9:00 AM?

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BabaBlast [244] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-18T22:32:43+03:00

BabaBlast [244]2 years ago

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Answer:

-21 degrees

Step-by-step explanation:

Dropping 6 degrees per hour, the temperature drops 5×6 = 30 degrees in 5 hours. Starting at 9 degrees and dropping 30, the temperature becomes -21 degrees at 9 am.