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Please Answer ASAP: As storm clouds gathered, the temperature fell 4 degrees in 3/4 of an hour. At what rate was the temperature falling? Simplify your answer and write it as a proper fraction, mixed number, or whole number.

User Eugenecp
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Answer:

5 1/3

Explanation:

User Matt Weller
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Answer:


5 (1)/(3) degrees per hour.

Explanation:

If we know that the temperature fell 4 degrees in
(3)/(4) of an hour, we can set up a proportion to see how much fell in an hour.


(4)/(0.75) = (x)/(1)


4 \cdot 1 = 4\\4 / 0.75 = 5.\overline{33}


5.\overline{33} as a fraction is
5 (1)/(3).

So, the temperature fell at a rate of
5 (1)/(3) degrees per hour.

Hope this helped!

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