Question

Which variable is most important to the following problem?

At 10:00 a.m., a patient's temperature was 101.5 degrees. At 1:00 p.m., the nurse took the patient's temperature again and found it was 105.8 degrees, the highest ever recorded. How long did it take for the patient's temperature to reach a record high?

A.
the number of hours it took for the temperature to reach its peak

B.
the number of degrees that the temperature changed

C.
the degree measure for the record-breaking temperature

Answer 1

the answer is A. because it takes time for the temp to rise. In this case it took 3 hours for it to rise 4.3 degrees

Answer 2

A. The number of hours it took for the temperature to reach its peak.

Explanation:

At 10:00 a.m., a patient's temperature was 101.5 degrees.

At 1:00 p.m., the nurse took the patient's temperature again and found it was 105.8 degrees, the highest ever recorded.

So, it took 3 hours for the temperature to reach a record high.

Here the important variable is - the number of hours it took for the temperature to reach its peak.