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The temperature is 45F. The temperature will decrease by 2F each hour. Let h be the number of hours. When will the temperature be below 2 f

User Nlsrchtr
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Answer:

23rd hours

Explanation:

This is problem based on arithmetic progression in which our first term is 45 , and the common difference is -2

we have to find the n when the nth term is 2.

The formula for nth term of an AP is


a_(n)=a+(n-1)d

replacing the values in the formula


a_(n)=a+(n-1)d\\2=45+(n-1)(-2)\\2=45-2(n-1)\\-43=-2(n-1)\\21.5 = n-1\\n=22.5\\

hence at 22.5 hours it will reach 2F or we can say that after 23 hours the temperature will be below 2F

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