Question

Between 7 am and 7:15 the temp drop from 55 to 8 what was the average temp change per min round to the nearest hundredth.

Answer 1

Big drop. We get

`\frac{8 - 55}{\textrm{7:15} - \textrm{7:00}} = \frac{-47 \textrm{ degrees}}{15 \textrm{ minutes}} = -3.13 \textrm{ degrees per minute}`