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Amy is backpacking with her friends. At the base of they hill, they find the temperature to be 24.1 Celsius. As they reach the summit situated at a height of 1 kilometer, they notice the temperature has dipped to 16.4 Celsius

If H represents the height and T represents the temperature which of the following equations can be used to model this situation?

A. T = 24.1h + 7.7
B. T = -7.7h + 24.1
C. T = -7.7 + 24.1h
D. T = -7.7 - 24.1h

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Answer:

B. T = -7.7h + 24.1

Explanation:

if you plug in the height for h which is 1 you get T=-7.7(1)+24.1 , and T would equal 16.4 which is the same temperature you get in the word problem

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