It's dropping 7 degrees in 5 minutes. How many minutes will it take to get below 0? What time will that be?
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At 4:00 Joe's thermoter read 30C. He put it in the freezer and read it every 5 minutes. At 4:05pm, the temperature was 23C. At4:10pm the temperature was 16C.The pattern continues, when will the temperature be below 0C?
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Make a table.
time ..... T
4:00........ 30
4.05........ 23
4:10........ 16
4:15........ 09
continue in this fashion until the T is below zero.
time ..... T
4:00........ 30
4.05........ 23
4:10........ 16
4:15........ 09
continue in this fashion until the T is below zero.