Acold wave hit chicago when the temperature hits 62°f during the cold wave the temperature dropped 2° every hour how many hours was it before the temperature was below 40°f

For this problem, an important thing to note is how the question says that 'the temperature dropped', meaning that it went down.

This means that the 2 degrees is actually negative.

Then you multiply the change in degrees by hours past:

(−2)×6=−12

Final

−12∘F

step-by-step explanation:

fist on the left goes with the third on the right. second on the left goes with the fourth on the right. third on the left goes with the second on the right. the fourth on the left goes with first on the right