A geologist studying the earth’s crust measured the temperature at 3 km below the surface. He found that the temperature had increased by 60 degrees Celsius compared to the surface. At what rate is the temperature increasing? Show your work.

An is a number that is written without a component. it is a number that is either or . an exponent is a or a number that another number is being to. the number that is being raised to a is called the . the or power tells you how many times to the base by . if an exponent is fractional then ask yourself the question: what when multiplied by itself a certain number of times will equal the number?