Question

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Sofia conducted a scientific experiment. For a certain time, the temperature of a compound rose 1 3/4 degrees every 1 2/5 hours. What was the rate, in degrees per hour, that the temperature of the compound rose? Enter your answer as a whole number, proper fraction, or mixed number in simplest form.

Answer 1

0.8 degrees per hour

Explanation:

1 2/5 divided by 1 3/4

7/5 / 7/4

keep, change, flip the fraction

7/5 x 4/7

=4/5= 0.8