document.write( "Question 190041: I need your help solving a radical word problem. I was given the following formula to use for this question:\r
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document.write( "W=91.4-(10.5 + 6.7^v-.045v)(457-5t)/110\r
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document.write( "The wind chill temperature is \"W\" (how cold the air feels). The temperature is \"t\" and the velocity is \"v\". I was asked the following question:\r
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document.write( "\"Who will feel colder, a person in Minneapolis at 10 degrees F with a 15mph wind or a person in Chicago at 20 degrees F with a 25mph wind.\"\r
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document.write( "This is how I began to work it:
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document.write( " 91.4-(10.5 + 6.7^15-6.75)(457-50)
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document.write( "91.4-(17.2 * ^8.25)(407)\r
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document.write( "Then I got lost. Can you help me with this?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #142638 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! This same problem came up a few weeks ago, this is what I submitted then. \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Determine who will feel colder: a person in Minneapolis at 10 degrees F with a 15 mph wind or a person in Chicago at 20 degrees F with a 25 mph wind. \n" ); document.write( "The formula: \n" ); document.write( "W = 91.4- \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Minneapolis: t=10, v=15 \n" ); document.write( "W = 91.4- \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "W = 91.4- \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "W = 91.4- \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "W = 91.4- \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "W = 91.4- \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "W = 91.4 - 109.89 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "W = -18.5 degrees wind chill \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Chicago: t=20, v=25 \n" ); document.write( "W = 91.4- \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "W = 91.4- \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "W = 91.4- \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "W = 91.4- \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "W = 91.4- \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "W = 91.4 - 106.29 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "W = -14.88 degrees wind chill \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "It's a little colder in Minneapolis, but I doubt if one could notice it \n" ); document.write( " |