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Grade 6HardAbsolute Value

Absolute Value · Hard problem

Four students guess that the temperature is −2∘-2^\circC. Their actual guesses are 5∘5^\circ, −9∘-9^\circ, 1∘1^\circ and −6∘-6^\circ. A guess's error is its distance from −2∘-2^\circ. Find the difference between the largest error and the smallest error.