+218 The temperature changed throughout a certain day at a steady rate of
- 3 ° C every hour. If it was -8° C sometime between 2 pm and 2:20
pm, then the temperature was 9° C in the time interval
+37146 If the temp is changing by -3 C every hour and it only gets to -8 C in the interval 2 - 2:20 it has not yet fallen to - 9 C so the temp - 9 C is not in the interval given.
+37146 In 20 minutes after the temp changed to - 8 the temp will reach - 9
this could occur at 2:20 ( if - 8 was at 2:00) to 2:40 ( if temp was - 8 at 2:20)
so -9 will happen somewhere from 2:20 to 2:40 .... whenever 20 minutes after -8 C occurs
Repost of MathyGoo13's repost and comment: [ https://web2.0calc.com/questions/weather-problem ]
The temperature changed throughout a certain day at a steady rate of
- 3 ° C every hour. If it was -8° C sometime between 2 pm and 2:20
pm, then the temperature was 9° C in the time interval
(Electric Pavlov tried to answer this, but he made the mistake of thinking it said "-9 degrees" meaning his solution was wrong.)
Please answer on the original thread: https://web2.0calc.com/questions/question-on-average-rate-of-change
+2489 It’s easy to see why EP made a mistake. For standard formal English, this question is a poorly constructed if-then conditional question. ...It reads like a true or false question.
The conditional statement does not have an explicit question –it has an implied question. (However, this form is common where English is an educational language.)
A much more clear form is:
If it was -8° C sometime between 2 pm and 2:20 pm, then at what time interval was the temperature 9° C?
As you may see, the use of the word “what” and the phrase, “time interval,” and a question mark (?) makes this clearly a question, and clearly identifies what information the asker wants.
This question is brain-dead, MathyGoo; you should be able to answer it yourself.
If the temperature drops three (3) degrees per hour moving into the future, then it rises three (3) degrees per hour moving into the past. How many hours into the past are needed to elevate a temperature of -8 degrees to a temperature of 9 degrees? Then determine the time interval for this value.
GA
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+218 Darn - my only confusion is, sir - that 9 - (-8) = 17
But 17 is not a multiple of 3.
17/3 = 5 and 2/3.
What does that translate to?
What is '2/3'
That is what I'm looking for.
Thanks!
+118673 Hi MathyGoo13,
I am glad that you are being persistent with asking for help, and saying you don't understand. :)
It is what I encourage people to do. I will take a look for you.
Now that i have done it, I don't think that this is a brain dead question at all.
I think questions like this can be really confusing.
The temperature changed throughout a certain day at a steady rate of
- 3 ° C every hour. If it was -8° C sometime between 2 pm and 2:20
pm, then the temperature was 9° C in the time interval
2pm to 2:20pm -8 degrees (at some point)
1pm to 1:20pm -8+3 = -5
12pm to 12:20pm -5+3 = -2
11am to 11:20am -2+3 = 1
10am to 10:20am 1+3 = 4
* 9am to 9:20am 4+3 = 7
* 8am to 8:20am 7+3 = 10
Ok, now what?
In an hour it decreases 3 degrees so in 20 minutes it decreases 1 degree. (I am going forward in time now, its less confussing, I hope.)
so now I have
* 8am to 8:20am 7+3 = 10 turns 10 degrees
8:20am to 8:40am turns 9 degrees.
So it turns 9 degrees somewhere between 8:20 and 8:40 am
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How could I have done this more quickly?
1 degree in 20 minutes
-8+ 17 = 9
17 lots of 20 minutes = 17/3hours = 5 hours and 40 minutes
The start time was 2pm to 2:20pm
5 hours ago it was 9am to 9:20am
40 minutes before that was 8:20am to 8:40am
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I got the same answer 2 different ways. That is always a good sign 
+218 Oh wow
Melody, I really really really really apperciate it!!
And, you are a great teacher! I know this because I understand the question now :)
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