1460.3 rounded to the nearest tenth

Sanya noticed that the temperature was falling at a steady rate of 1.4 degrees every hour from the time that she first checked her outdoor thermometer. by 6 a.m., the temperature had fallen 21 degrees. which expression can you use to find how many hours earlier she had first checked the thermometer?

How are algebraic expressions evaluated using substitution?

Sole the equation 6n + 9 = -3n - 21 - 6 for n