Question

Kerry is looking foward to a skiing trip this weekend she checked the tempature yesterday and today, and overnigjt is dropped from 12 F to -5 F what is the total difference in the tempature

Answer 1

Answer:

-$17^\circ F$

OR

$17^\circ F$ decrease in the temperature.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

Temperature at the night  = $12^\circ F$

Temperature in the morning = -$5^\circ F$

To find:

The total difference in the temperature = ?

Solution:

Difference of any quantity is given by the Final value of quantity minus Initial value of quantity.

Therefore, the difference is given as : -$5^\circ F$ - $12^\circ F$ = -$17^\circ F$

Negative value in the difference indicates that there is a decrease of the quantity.

So, the answer is:

-$17^\circ F$

OR

there is decrease of $17^\circ F$ in the temperature.