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9. The temperature at noon was 84° F and it began to drop 0.8° each hour. If the current temperature is 79.2° F, write and solve an equation to determine the number of hours that have passed.

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Answer:6 hours have passed by.

Explanation:

0.8x= 84-79.2 where x is the number of hours.

O.8x = 4.8

Divide both sides by 0.8

X= 6

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