Question

The high temperature was recorded as 25.6°F. The low temperature that same day was recorded as −2.7°F. What was the difference between the high and low temperatures for that day? Enter your answer as a decimal in the box.

Answer 1

28.3

Step-by-step explanation:

the difference is the answer to a subtraction problem so we can plug in our numbers like this

25.6-(-2.7) which equals 28.3

a good thing to remember when subtracting negative numbers is that a positive and negative won't always make a negative like in this example