In the cable television show Ice Road Truckers, people often have to drive large

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In the cable television show Ice Road Truckers, people often have to drive large trucks over frozen lakes. To prevent trucks from crashing through the ice, the ice needs to be at least 6.76 feet thick. Currently the ice is 5.78 feet thick, which is below the safe level. Today the temperature is well above freezing, but they are expecting a cold spell that could freeze the ice to safe levels.  As the owner of a trucking company, you want your trucks to use the ice road as soon as possible. If the average temperature during the cold spell is 10.23

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2.4583(10^7) - 1.7944(10^7) = 6 639 000 seconds or 1844 hours

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