Question

The temperature of dry ice is -109.3 degrees fahrenheit less than the outsidetemperature. Write and solve an equation to find the outside temperature.

Answer 1

Let's set x for the temperature of dry ice.

Let's set y to for outside temperature.

Now, we have the next statement "The temperature of dry ice is -109.3 degrees Fahrenheit less than the outside". Then, we can write the next equation:

x = -109.3 - y

To find the outside termperature, we need to solve the equation for y.

Then, the outside temperature is given by the next equation;

y=-109.3 - x