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An oven is heating to 325 degrees. It is currently at 75 degrees and heats 23 degrees

per minute. Write an equation for this situation. Then, solve it to find how many more
minutes it takes for the oven to reach 325 degrees.

User Saidy
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Answer:

It will take about 11 more minutes for the oven to reach 352 degrees

Explanation:

The rate at which the oven heats up is 23 degrees per minute. Will let "x" represent the amount of minutes it will take:

23x

The oven is already at 75 degrees, so we will add this piece of information to the rate:

23x + 75

The final value is 325:

23x + 75 = 325

Now to solve for x or the remaining minutes

23x + 75 = 325

23x = 250

x = 10.86 ≈ 11

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