Question

If a thermometer indicates 40 degrees Celsius, what is the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit?

Answer 1

So we wan't to convert the temperature from Celsius scale to fahrenheit scale. The method fot that is this: First, 0 degrees Celsius or the starting point of Celsius scale is 32 degrees Fahrenheit. And the magnitude of a degree Fahrenheit is 1.8 times greater than the magnitude of a degree Celsius, or: 1F=1.8F. So now we can construct a function that will give us temperature in degrees Fahrenheit: T(F)=1.8T(C) + 32. We have T(C)= 40, and after we put that in our function we get: T(F)= 1.8*40 + 32 = 72 + 32 = 104 F. So 40 degrees Celsius is 104 degrees Fahrenheit.