A pitcher of water contains 8 ice cubes. Each ice cube lowers the water's temperature by 2 degrees, which can be expressed as (-2). If an ice cube is removed, the temperature is raised by - (-2). Consider 3 ice cubes being removed from the pitcher. The total rise in temperature is

A) - (-4) °, which is the same as 4°.

B) - (-2) °, which is the same as 2°.

C) - 3 (2) °, which is the same as - 6°

D) - 3 (-2) °, which is the same as 6°.

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Lawrence Hood

5 October, 10:48

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Aliya Logan · Answer 1

At first I thought I had to make a graph but yeah it's D since there are 3 and they are negative degrees

Sky · Answer 2

If removing 1 ice cube raises the temperature by - (-2), then removing 3 ice cubes would raise the temp

-3 (-2) = 6 degrees

Answer D