document.write( "Question 551044: Andrea's body temperature dropped from 103.2 degree's Farenheit at 3am, to 99.7 degree's Farenheit at 8am. Find the rate of change in her body temperature. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #359344 by TutorDelphia(193)\"\" \"About 
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I am treating this like a slope problem (since slope is rate of change anyway) cause you posed it in under linear equations.\r
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