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Question 148760This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra
: I'm not sure what category this word problem would fall into but I picked this one because it the safest. Please help me this word problem? Comparing wind chills. Use the formula from Exercise 109 to determine who will feel colder: a person in Minneapolis at 10ºF with a 15-mph wind or a person in Chicago at 20ºF with a 25-mph wind.
The formula used in Exercise 109 was W= 91.4 -(10.5 + 6.7√v-0.45v)(457-5t)/110 This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

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determine who will feel colder: a person in Minneapolis at 10ºF with a 15-mph wind or a person in Chicago at 20ºF with a 25-mph wind.
The formula used in Exercise 109 was
W+=+91.4+-%28%2810.5+%2B+6.7sqrt%28v%29-0.45v%29%28457-5t%29%29%2F110
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Minneapolis: T =10; v = 15
W+=+91.4+-%28%2810.5+%2B+6.7sqrt%2815%29-0.45%2815%29%29%28457-5%2810%29%29%29%2F110
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w+=+91.4+-+%28%2810.5+%2B+25.95+-+6.75%29%28457-50%29%29%2F110
then
w+=+91.4+-+%28%2829.7%2A407%29%2F110%29
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w+=+91.4+-+%2812088%2F110%29
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w = 91.4 - 109.89
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w = -18.49 wind chill for Minneapolis
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Following the same procedure with Chicago: v=25 t=20,
I got:
w = -14.9
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Looks like it's a little worse in Minneapolis
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