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Water freezes at 0 °C. If water at 97 °C is cooled at a rate of 6 °C per minute, will it be frozen in 16 min? Show a mathematical statement and all your work.​

User Mykola Pavlov
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Answer:

No. (work in the step by step explanation)

Explanation:

Find out how many degrees it will drop in 16 mins.

1 minute = 6°C

16 mins = 6 x 16 = 96°

97 - 96 = 1°C

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