SOLUTION: Hiking on a mountain you notice that the air temperature dropped 10 degrees Celsius for every 1000 meters increase in elevation write a multiplication expression to represent the d

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Question 1070045: Hiking on a mountain you notice that the air temperature dropped 10 degrees Celsius for every 1000 meters increase in elevation write a multiplication expression to represent the decrease in temperature if you hike up the line 3000 meters then evaluate the expression and explain its meaning
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
temperature T(x) = R - 10x

R = room temperature at 0 meters
x = height (in thousand meters)

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