Question

A weather station on the top of a mountain reports that the temperature is currently 0°C and has been folling at a constant rate of 3°C per hour. Find each temperature. Explain or show your reasoning.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

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A weather station on the top of a mountain reports that the temperature is currently 0°C and has been falling at a constant rate of 3°C per hour. Find each temperature. Explain or show your reasoning.

If it continues to fall at this rate, what will the temperature be:

In 2 hours ............. In 5 hours .............. In half an hour......................

If the current temperature of the mountain is b°C and it is falling at a constant rate of 3°C per hour.

Then after 'x' hours, temperature on the top of the mountain will be represented by the function,

T(x) = 0 - 3x

Therefore, temperature after 2 hours = -3(2) = -6°C

Temperature after 5 hours = -3(5) = -15°C

Temperature after half an hour =
`-3((1)/(2))`

= -1.5°C