A thermometer is taken from a room where the temperature is 23°C to the outdoors, where the temperature is -2°C. After one minute the thermometer reads 13°C. (a) What will the reading on the thermometer be after 5 more minutes? (b) When will the thermometer read -1°C? minutes after it was taken to the outdoors.

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A thermometer is taken from a room where the temperature is 23°C to the outdoors, where the temperature is -2°C. After one minute the thermometer reads 13°C.
(a) What will the reading on the thermometer be after 5 more minutes?
(b) When will the thermometer read -1°C?
minutes after it was taken to the outdoors.
Transcribed Image Text:A thermometer is taken from a room where the temperature is 23°C to the outdoors, where the temperature is -2°C. After one minute the thermometer reads 13°C. (a) What will the reading on the thermometer be after 5 more minutes? (b) When will the thermometer read -1°C? minutes after it was taken to the outdoors.
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