solve the following word problem. The air temperature at 9:00am is -5.8 degrees. The air temperature at 1:00pm is -1.6 degrees. What is the change in the temperature? 1. Write the math problem that will give you the answer. 2. Give the answer with correct units 3. Explain what your answer means (be sure you the question asked).

Answer 1

1. The math problem that will give you the answer is:
Change in temperature = Final temperature - Initial temperature

2. The answer, with correct units, is:
Change in temperature = (-1.6 degrees) - (-5.8 degrees)
Change in temperature = -1.6 degrees + 5.8 degrees
Change in temperature = 4.2 degrees

3. The answer means that the temperature increased by 4.2 degrees from 9:00am to 1:00pm.