document.write( "Question 1154747: When Mrs. Lee poured the soup into a pan it was room temperature. if the room was 85*F and the soupès temperature went up by 15.5*F per minute, about how long would it take for the soup to boil \n" ); document.write( "

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Boiling temperature is 212 F
\n" ); document.write( "Let $\"+t+\"$ = number of minutes to boil
\n" ); document.write( " $\"++85+%2B+15.5t+=+212+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+15.5t+=+127+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+t+=+8.194+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+.194%2A60+=+11.6+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "8 minutes 11.6 sec
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