When erik went to bed one winter night in northern minnesota, the temperature was -2°f. by the time he got up the next morning, the temperature had dropped to -17°f. assuming the temperature dropped steadily through the night, what was the temperature in the middle of the night?

-19°f
-9.5°f
-15°f
-8.5°f

The closest answer from my calculations that the temperature dropped in the middle of the night or was going down is -8.5F

Step-by-step explanation:

in problems involving proportions, we can use cross products to test whether two ratios are equal and form a proportion. to find the cross products of a proportion, we multiply the outer terms, called the extremes, and the middle terms, called the means.

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