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Alone in Your Dim, Unheated Room You Light One Candle F{ } ^ { \circ } F

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Alone in your dim, unheated room you light one candle rather than curse the darkness.Disgusted by the mess, you walk directly away from the candle.The temperature (in F{ } ^ { \circ } F ) and illumination (in % of one candle power) decrease as your distance (in feet) from the candle increases.The table below shows this information.  distance(feet)   Temp. (F)  illumination (%) 055100154.585253.575352674506054756643.553\begin{array}{ccc}\text { distance(feet) } & \text { Temp. }\left({ }^{\circ} \mathrm{F}\right) & \begin{array}{c}\text { illumination } \\(\%) \end{array} \\0 & 55 & 100 \\1 & 54.5 & 85 \\2 & 53.5 & 75 \\3 & 52 & 67 \\4 & 50 & 60 \\5 & 47 & 56 \\6 & 43.5 & 53\end{array} You can still read your watch when the illumination is about 55%, so somewhere between 5 and 6 feet.Can you read your watch at 5.5 feet?


A) yes
B) no
C) cannot tell

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