Question

On Monday morning the temperature was 38°F, but by the afternoon the temperature had risen 22°F. On Tuesday morning the temperature had dropped 27°F since Monday afternoon, but then rose 10°F by the noon. How many degrees above or below 38°F is the temperature on Tuesday at noon?

Answer 1

The temperature on Tuesday afternoon is below 38 degrees Fahrenheit. As it states in the question the temperature on Tuesday morning was 27 degrees Fahrenheit and rose 10 more degrees at noon. Which makes is 37 degrees Fahrenheit at noon on Tuesday. You get this by taking 27 degrees and adding 10 degrees.  

Answer 2

Answer:

The temperature on Tuesday at noon was $5^oF$ above $38^oF$.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that on Monday morning the temperature was 38°F, but by the afternoon the temperature had risen 22°F.

So the temperature by Monday afternoon will be:

$\text{Temperature by Monday afternoon}=38^o F+22^oF$

$\text{Temperature by Monday afternoon}=60^o F$

We are also told that on Tuesday morning the temperature had dropped 27°F since Monday afternoon.

$\text{Temperature by Tuesday morning}=60^o F-27^o F$

$\text{Temperature by Tuesday morning}=33^o F$

Since the temperature rose $10^oF$ by the Tuesday noon, so temperature by Tuesday noon will be 10 degrees greater than temperature by Tuesday morning.

$\text{Temperature by Tuesday noon}=33^o F+10^oF$

$\text{Temperature by Tuesday noon}=43^oF$

To find the number of degrees temperature is above or below 38°F on Tuesday at noon we will subtract 38°F from the temperature on Tuesday at noon.

$\text{The difference between temperatures}=43^oF-38^oF$

$\text{The difference between temperatures}=5^oF$

Since the difference between temperature is positive, therefore, the temperature on Tuesday at noon was $5^oF$ above $38^oF$.