Question

It rained all day on Mother's Day and the temperature dropped fourteen and seven tenth degrees. The next day the rain stopped and the temperature rose ten and nine tenths degrees. If the temperature at the beginning of Mother's Day was sixty five and eight tenths degrees, what was the temperature at the end of the day after Mother's Day?

Answer 1

Answer: The temperature was 1 8/10º at the end of the day after Mother's Day

Explanation:

5 8/10º-14 7/10º=-9 1/10º at the end of Mother’s Day

-9 1/10º+10 9/10º=1 8/10º at the end of the next day after Mother’s Day