Jayden spends a winter day recording the temperature once every three hours for science class. At 9 am, the temperature was −3.4∘F. Between 9am and noon, the temperature rose 2.8∘F. Between noon and 3pm, the temperature increased by 8∘F. Between 3pm and 6pm, the temperature went down 7.5∘F. What was the temperature at 6pm ?Answer: □∘F
Q. Jayden spends a winter day recording the temperature once every three hours for science class. At 9 am, the temperature was −3.4∘F. Between 9am and noon, the temperature rose 2.8∘F. Between noon and 3pm, the temperature increased by 8∘F. Between 3pm and 6pm, the temperature went down 7.5∘F. What was the temperature at 6pm ?Answer: □∘F
Question Prompt: Question prompt: What was the temperature at 6pm?
Calculate Noon Temperature: Determine the temperature at noon by adding the rise in temperature from 9 am to noon to the initial temperature.Initial temperature at 9 am = −3.4°FTemperature rise from 9 am to noon = 2.8°FTemperature at noon = Initial temperature + Temperature riseTemperature at noon = −3.4°F+2.8°FTemperature at noon = −0.6°F
Calculate 3 PM Temperature: Determine the temperature at 3 pm by adding the increase in temperature from noon to 3 pm to the temperature at noon.Temperature increase from noon to 3 pm = 8°FTemperature at 3 pm = Temperature at noon + Temperature increaseTemperature at 3 pm = −0.6°F+8°FTemperature at 3 pm = 7.4°F
Calculate 6 PM Temperature: Determine the temperature at 6 pm by subtracting the decrease in temperature from 3 pm to 6 pm from the temperature at 3 pm.Temperature decrease from 3 pm to 6 pm = 7.5°FTemperature at 6 pm = Temperature at 3 pm - Temperature decreaseTemperature at 6 pm = 7.4°F−7.5°FTemperature at 6 pm = −0.1°F
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