document.write( "Question 224040: At 9:00 A.M. the temperature was -7 degrees fahrenheit. By noon, the temperature was 19 degrees fahrenheit. What was the change in temperature?\r
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From -7 to 0 is a change of 7.
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\n" ); document.write( "Total change = 26 degrees.
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