Question 1154747
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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
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In his post, @mananth made a fatal error.


He missed to convert boiling point 100 deg Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit, 212 F,
and got absurdist answer.


So, we should calculate the time as


            t = {{{(212-85)/15.5}}} = 8.194 minutes, or about 8 minutes and 12 seconds.


Solved correctly.