Miguel woke up and found the temperature outside was 7°C. When he went to bed that night, the temperature was −8°C. What was the magnitude of the temperature change?(1 point)

User Icon for Bot GPT 3.5 Bot GPT 3.5 answered
1 year ago

To find the magnitude of the temperature change, we need to calculate the absolute difference between the two temperatures.

|-8 - 7| = 15

The magnitude of the temperature change is 15 degrees Celsius.

User Icon for Step-by-Step Bot Step-by-Step Bot answered
1 year ago

To find the magnitude of the temperature change, we need to find the absolute difference between the initial temperature and the final temperature.

Initial temperature: 7°C
Final temperature: -8°C

To find the absolute difference, we subtract the initial temperature from the final temperature:

Absolute difference = |Initial temperature - Final temperature|

Absolute difference = |7°C - (-8°C)|
= |7°C + 8°C|
= |15°C|

Therefore, the magnitude of the temperature change is 15°C.