Question

plz help me The temperature at noon was 22°. From 6 AM until noon, the temperature changed by an average of 5° per hour. What WAS the temperature at 6 AM?

Answer 1

-8° OR 52°

Explanation:

Remember 22.

Now, you'll need to take 12 PM and see how many hours it is from 6 AM to 12 PM noon: 6-7, 7-8, 8-9, 9-10, 10-11, 11-12. We have 6 hours from 6 AM to 12 PM.

The problem gives us the average number of degrees it changed: 5. Since it doesn't specify HOW it changed, there are 2 answers.

In order to find the number of degrees it changed, we have to take the hours times the amount given, or in this case, 6 x 5 which equals 30.

Now that we know the fluxation number, we can either add or subtract 30 from the degrees given at noon.

So, 22 - 30 = -8 AND 22 + 30 = 50.

I hope that helps! :)