Question

The high temperature one day was -3 °F.The low temperature was -7 °F. What wasthe difference between the high and lowtemperature for the day?

Answer 1

From the statement of the question we know that:

• the high temperature was: Th = -3 °F,

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• and the low temperature was: Tl = -7 °F.

The question asks about the difference between the high (Th) and the low temperature (Tl) for the day, i.e. we must compute the difference:

`T_h-T_l\text{.}`

Replacing the values of the statement, and computing we find that the difference is: