Question

The temperature changed at a constant rate between noon and 3:30 p.m. At what rate, in degrees F per hour, did the temperature change between noon and 3:30 p.m.? Show your work or explain your answer.

Answer 1

To solve this problem, we need to calculate the change in temperature between noon and 3:30 p.m. and then divide that by the number of hours between noon and 3:30 p.m.

Let's say the temperature at noon was 70 degrees F and the temperature at 3:30 p.m. was 75 degrees F.

The change in temperature between noon and 3:30 p.m. is 75 - 70 = 5 degrees F.

The number of hours between noon and 3:30 p.m. is 3.5 hours.

Therefore, the rate of change in temperature between noon and 3:30 p.m. is 5 degrees F / 3.5 hours = 1.43 degrees F per hour.