SOLUTION: A certain process requires that room temperature be lowered from 40 degrees Celsius at the rate of 5 degrees Celsius every hour.What will be the temperature temperature 10 hours a

Question 895033: A certain process requires that room temperature be lowered from 40 degrees Celsius at the rate of 5 degrees Celsius every hour.What will be the temperature temperature 10 hours after the process begins. I know it's about integers, and the answer is -10� Celsius, but I need the solution on how to find the answer.
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A certain process requires that room temperature be lowered from 40 degrees Celsius at the rate of 5 degrees Celsius every hour.What will be the temperature temperature 10 hours after the process begins. I know it's about integers, and the answer is -10� Celsius, but I need the solution on how to find the answer.



Lowering it C every hour for 10 hours results in total lowering of 5(10), or C. 

Lowering the temperature, C, from C means that the temperature, after a 10-hour period is:

, or C 

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