The temperature dropped 17 fahrenheit in 6 hours. the final temperature was -3 fahrenheit. use integer addition to find the starting temperature.

14 degree Fahrenheit.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent starting temperature.

We have been given that the temperature dropped 17 Fahrenheit in 6 hours.

After 6 hours temperature would be .

We are also told that final temperature was -3 Fahrenheit.

We can represent this information in an equation as:

Therefore, the starting temperature was 14 degree Fahrenheit.