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A thermometer shows a temperature of -20 3/4 degrees. A chemist recorded this temperature in her notebook using a decimal. Which number did the chemist write in the notebook

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Answer: Its C

Step-by-step explanation: <3

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To find the answer use this: 20 3/4 (chemist wrote 20.75) so it equals -77/4 =-19.25
What's showing up there is simplifying the fraction.

So the answer to the problem would be -19.25 degrees.
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