Question

Kerry is looking foward to a skiing trip this weekend she checked the tempature yesterday and today, and overnigjt is dropped from 12 F to -5 F what is the total difference in the tempature

Answer 1

-
`17^\circ F`

OR

`17^\circ F` decrease in the temperature.

Explanation:

Given that:

Temperature at the night =
`12^\circ F`

Temperature in the morning = -
`5^\circ F`

To find:

The total difference in the temperature = ?

Solution:

Difference of any quantity is given by the Final value of quantity minus Initial value of quantity.

Therefore, the difference is given as : -
`5^\circ F` -
`12^\circ F` = -
`17^\circ F`

Negative value in the difference indicates that there is a decrease of the quantity.

So, the answer is:

-
`17^\circ F`

OR

there is decrease of
`17^\circ F` in the temperature.