Question

At 8:00 a.m, the outside temperature was -16 . At 9:00 a.m, the outside temperature dropped 6.5 lower. What was the outside temperature at 9:00a.m ?

Answer 1

Problem
There is a temperature from 8:00 A.M to 9:00 A.M. Solve for the temperature at 9:00 A.M

Result
The temperature outside was 22.5 Celsius or Fahrenheit (not provided)

Solution
This word problems warrants us to add negative integers.
(-16) + (-6.5) = (-22.5)