Question

In Las Vegas, the hottest recorded temperature is 47?C, and the lowest recorded temperature is -13?C. What is the difference between the city's highest and lowest recorded temperatures?

Answer 1

Answer:50 ft The distance between two numbers is the absolute value of their difference.

36 - (-14)

36 + 14

50

The absolute value of 50 is 50.

The difference could have been found this way also -14 - (36).

-14 -36

-50

The absolute value of -50 is 50. Either way that you find the difference, the correct answer is 50 ft.

Explanation:

Answer 2

The difference between the city's highest and lowest recorded temperature
=47 - ( -13)
=60 °C