Homework Help: math

Posted by anne on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 5:17pm.

a cold front moves in at noon and in 5 hours, the temperature had dropped 23%. the temperature at 5:00 p.m. was 14%. let x be the temperature at noon. write an equation to find x.

math - Reiny, Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 5:34pm
I will assume that you meant ° (degrees) instead of % ( percent).

I will also assume that the relationship is linear, or can be represented by a straight line.

so x - 23 = 14
x = 37

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