A thermometer shows a temperature of - 20 3/4 degrees. A chemist recorded this temperature in her notebook using a decimal. Which number did the chemist write in the notebook

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Micaela Combs

20 May, 22:49

A thermometer shows a temperature of - 20 3/4 degrees. A chemist recorded this temperature in her notebook using a decimal. Which number did the chemist write in the notebook

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Karlee Nixon · Answer 1

-20 3/4 = - 77/4 = - 19 1/4

-19 1/4 is the awnser

Aryanna Banks · Answer 2

To find the answer use this: 20 3/4 (chemist wrote 20.75) so it equals - 77/4 = - 19.25

What's showing up there is simplifying the fraction.

So the answer to the problem would be - 19.25 degrees.