Question

The temperature at 5pm is 20 degrees fahrenheit. The temperature at 10 pm is -5 degrees fahrenheit. How many degrees did the temperature fall?

Answer 1

25 degrees fall from 5pm to 10pm

Answer 2

The fall in the temperature is 25°F

GIVEN

Temperature at 5 pm = 20° Fahrenheit

Temperature at 10 pm = -5° Fahrenheit

TO FIND

How many degrees the temperature fell.

SOLUTION

We can simply solve the above problem as follows,

Let the fall in temperature be, x

Temperature fall = Temperature at 5 pm - temperature at 10 pm

x = 20 -(-5)

x = 20 + 5

x = 25°

Hence, The fall in the temperature is 25°F

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