Question

An outside thermometer reads -5 degrees at 8:00 a.m. By 12:30 p.m. the temperature outside has increased by 11 degrees. At 12:30 p.m. the temperature inside Susan's house is is 7 degrees more than 11 times the outside temperature. What was the temperature inside the house then.

Answer 1

73 degrees.

Explanation:

So, let's see the information provided in the question.

At 8 AM, the thermometer was reading -5 degrees.

At 12:30 PM, the temperature has increased by 11 degrees, so it's now +6 degrees outside.

Inside Susan's house, the temperature is 7 degrees more than 11 times the outside temperature, at 12:30 PM.

So, we know the outside temperature at 12:30 PM is +6 degrees.

11 times 6 = 66 degrees.

Then we add the additional 7 degrees, to get a total of 73 degrees.