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Decimals, SM-Bank 059

The temperature at Mawson in Antarctica was recorded as `-13.6°`C at 11:30 pm on 22/10/2023.

At 4:30 am on 23/10/23 the temperature had fallen to `-15.4°`C.

What was the change in temperature from 11:30 pm to 4:30 am?  (2 marks)

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`-1.8°`C

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`text(Change in temperature:)`

`-15.4-(-13.6)` `= -15.4+13.6`
  `=-15.4+13+0.6`
  `= -2.4+0.6`
  `=-1.8`

`:.\ text(The change in temperature was)\ -1.8°text(C)`

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