CPM Homework Help : CCG Problem 4-11

The temperature in San Antonio, Texas is currently $77º\text{F}$ and is increasing by $3º$ per hour. The current temperature in Bombay, India is $92º\text{F}$ and the temperature is dropping by $2º$ per hour. When will it be as hot in San Antonio as it is in Bombay? What will the temperature be?

Hint:

Let $h$ represent the number of hours and let $t$ represent the temperature.

Step 1:

Translate the word problem into equations.

$t=77+3h$ and $t=92-2h$

Step 2:

Solve for $h$ and $t$ .