In a local city, the temperature at noon is Negative 3 degrees Celsius. The temperature is expected to decrease by 2.5 degrees Celsius each hour until the temperature reaches Negative 18 degrees Celsius. How many hours will it take for the temperature to reach Negative 18 degrees Celsius?

1. isolate the variable, in this case, d. subtract 35.5 on both sides of the equation.2. 52 subtracted by 35.5 is 16.53. therefore your answer would be d= 16.5this is the basics of pre algebra, isolating variable through adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, if you have any other questions to ask just comment!