document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=77811>Question 77811</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321236904/algebrahomeworkh>college algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The police discover the body of a murder victim. Critical to solving the crime is determining when the murder was committed. The coroner arrives at the murder scene at 12:00 P.M. She immediately takes the temperature of the body and finds it to de 94.6 degrees. She then takes the temperature 1 hour later and finds it to be 93.4 degrees. The temperature of the room is 70 degrees. When was the murder committed? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Normal body temperature is 98.6 degrees.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Between 12 an 1 o'clock the body's termperature<BR>\n" );
document.write( "went down 1.2 degrees.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The difference below normal at 12 is 98.6-94.6 = 4 degrees<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4/1.2=3.3333<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Assuming a loss of 1.2 degree per hour that would be the decrease<BR>\n" );
document.write( "over 3 (1/3) hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Based on that,the murder took place at 8:40AM<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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