SOLUTION: Hiking on a mountain you notice that the air temperature dropped 10 degrees Celsius for every 1000 meters increase in elevation write a multiplication expression to represent the d

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Question 1070045: Hiking on a mountain you notice that the air temperature dropped 10 degrees Celsius for every 1000 meters increase in elevation write a multiplication expression to represent the decrease in temperature if you hike up the line 3000 meters then evaluate the expression and explain its meaning
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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temperature T(x) = R - 10x

R = room temperature at 0 meters
x = height (in thousand meters)