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Yesterday the temperature at noon was 15.3°F. By midnight, it had gone down by 26°F. What was the temperature at midnight?

User Toru
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Answer:

-10.7°F.

Steps used to get answer:

1. Use this rule: a-b= -(b-a)

-(26-15.3)

2. Use the algorithm method.

5 10

26.0

- 15.3

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10.7

3. After simplification, we have:

−(26−15.3)=−10.7

4. Therefore, 15.3-26=-10.7

−10.7°F.

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