SOLUTION: The temperature went from -9 to -3. What is the change

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Question 1067285: The temperature went from -9 to -3. What is the change
Answer by addingup(3677)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
?? Use your fingers, what's the distance from 9 to 3? don't change the sign, you can ignore the sign as long as they are both positive or negative.
The answer, however, will be POSITIVE. The distance is 6.

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