SOLUTION: 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.

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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.
Answer by TutorDelphia(193) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I am treating this like a slope problem (since slope is rate of change anyway) cause you posed it in under linear equations.
(3am,103.2 degrees)
(8am,99.7 degrees)
m=%28y2-y1%29%2F%28x2-x1%29
m=%28103.2-99.7%29%2F%283-8%29=3.5%2F-5=-.7 degrees per hour