The temperature dropped 16 degrees F in 5 hours. The final temperature is 4 degrees F. What was the starting temperature?

Answer 1

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We can assume that the starting temperature was the temperature 5 hours ago. We know that the temperature now is the final temperature which is 4 degrees F. We are told that the temperature dropped 16 degrees over the last 5 hours. Therefore the starting temperature is...

4 degrees + 16 degrees = 20 degrees F.

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