In a lab, a substance was cooled by 30∘degrees C over a period of 6 hours at a constant rate. What was the change in temperature each hour? (Note that a change can be an increase or decrease. For an increase use a positive number. For a decrease use a negative number.)

The answer mai bc

So the first thing we do is to multiply the top equation by 3. the reason i want to do this is i notice there will be a 6y on both equations and can possibly add/subtract them. so we get 6y = -3x + 27. adding that and the second equation we get 6x = 27-15 which is 12. divide by 6 and we get 2. ∴ x = 2. substituting 2 into the first equation we get 2y = -2 + 9 which is 7. divide by 2 and we get 7/2. ∴ y = 7/2, x = 2.