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If the temperature outside is 60 degrees at 6 pm and then drops by 15% at 10 pm, what is the temperature at 10 pm?

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Answer:

51 degrees

Step-by-step explanation:=Given data

Temperature at 6pm = 60 degrees

percent drop= 15%

= 15/100*60

=0.15*60

=9 degrees

Hence the temperature at 10 pm is 60-9= 51 degrees

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