A town had a low of -4° Fahrenheit and a high of 8° Fahrenheit.
a) Write an absolute value statement that can be used to determine the distance between the high and low temperature.
|8 - (-4)|
A town had a low of -4° Fahrenheit and a high of 8°
a) Write an absolute value statement that can be used to determine the distance between the high and low temperature.
b) Determine the distance between the high and low temperature.
a) The absolute value statement to determine the distance between the high and low temperature is:
|8 - (-4)|
b) The distance between the high temperature (8°) and the low temperature (-4°) can be calculated as:
|8 - (-4)| = |8 + 4| = |12| = 12°
So, the distance between the high and low temperatures is 12° Fahrenheit.