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The temperature at 4pm one day was -11° Celsius by 11 pm the temperature had risen by 16 degrees find the temperature at 11 pm the temperature at 11 pm was (blank) ° C

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The temperature at 11 pm is 5 degrees

Here, we want to find the temperature at 11 pm

The temperature rose by 16 degrees from -11 degrees . By rising, we mean an increase in the positive direction

Mathematically, that would be;

-11 + 16 = 5 degrees

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