Answer:
1.) You need to have the original temperature and the final temperature.
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3.) The temperature decreased by 17 degrees between the early afternoon and the following morning.
We know the original temperature to be 10 degrees and the final temperature to be -7 degrees. To find the change in temperature we subtract the initial temperature from the final temperature -7 - 10 = -17. The question asks by how many degrees did the temperature drop. It is asking for the magnitude of the difference, so the answer is the above sentence.