Thread: word problem

a weather man reports that since 6:00 am this morning the tempature has droped by 20 f to the current tempature of 37 f what was the tempature at 6:00 am ?

Originally Posted by Sandra14

a weather man reports that since 6:00 am this morning the tempature has droped by 20 f to the current tempature of 37 f what was the tempature at 6:00 am ?

Let x be the temperature at 6 AM. Then x - 20 = 37.

So:
x - 20 = 37
x - 20 + 20 = 37 + 20
x = 57

So the temperature at 6 AM was 57 F.

-Dan