document.write( "Question 148760This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra
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document.write( ": I'm not sure what category this word problem would fall into but I picked this one because it the safest. Please help me this word problem? Comparing wind chills. Use the formula from Exercise 109 to determine who will feel colder: a person in Minneapolis at 10ºF with a 15-mph wind or a person in Chicago at 20ºF with a 25-mph wind.\r
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document.write( "The formula used in Exercise 109 was W= 91.4 -(10.5 + 6.7√v-0.45v)(457-5t)/110 \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #109122 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) You can put this solution on YOUR website! determine who will feel colder: a person in Minneapolis at 10ºF with a 15-mph wind or a person in Chicago at 20ºF with a 25-mph wind. \n" ); document.write( "The formula used in Exercise 109 was \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Minneapolis: T =10; v = 15 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "then \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "w = 91.4 - 109.89 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "w = -18.49 wind chill for Minneapolis \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Following the same procedure with Chicago: v=25 t=20, \n" ); document.write( "I got: \n" ); document.write( "w = -14.9 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Looks like it's a little worse in Minneapolis \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |