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2. The temperature on Monday was 16.3 degrees and on Tuesday it was 3 degrees colder. What was the temperature on Tuesday? Show your work on the number line below.

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We have that the temperature on monday was 16.3 degrees, then on tuesday we have:


\begin{gathered} \text{ Tuesday's Temperature: Monday's temperature - 3} \\ \Rightarrow16.3-3=13.3 \end{gathered}

Therefore, the temperature on Tuesday was 13.3, and we can see the change in the number line like this:

2. The temperature on Monday was 16.3 degrees and on Tuesday it was 3 degrees colder-example-1
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