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According to Dolbear’s law, you can predict the temperature T
(in degrees Fahrenheit) by counting the number x
of chirps made by a snowy tree cricket in 1 minute. For each rise in temperature of 0.25°F, the cricket makes an additional chirp each minute.

a. A cricket chirps 40 times in 1 minute when the temperature is 50°F. Write an equation in slope-intercept form that represents the temperature in terms of the number of chirps in 1 minute.

equation: T=
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Answer: T = 0.25x + 50, where x represents the number of chirps in 1 minute.

Explanation:

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