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jorge was tracking the decreasing temperature in the morning. at 7 a.m. it was 65 degrees fahrenheit. at 9 a.m. it was 55 degrees fahrenheit. If Jorge made the function f(x) = −5x + 100, what would the −5 represent? The temperature at midnight The length of time he recorded for The total change in degrees The rate at which the temperature was decreasing ??? help please

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if at 7 it was 65 and at 9 it was 55, that means temperature is decreasing by 5 per hour
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