Question

What is the degrees Fahrenheit if the temperature is -60°C? Show all work. Remember to label your answer. If necessary, round your final answer to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

-76F

Answer 2

Here's How:
Take the temperature in Fahrenheit subtract 32.
Divide by 1.8.
The result is degrees Celsius.

Answer 3

Medal?

Answer 4

Love (referring to Homeworked, not to 0031356), there's a formula relating temperature in degrees Centigrade to temperature in degrees Fahrenheit.
Do you know this formula?

Answer 5

Yes love, i know the answer but im not sure how to exactly show my work.

Answer 6

If not, one way of obtaining that formula would be to do an Internet search for "conversion of degrees Fahrenheit to degrees Celcius."

Answer 7

Thanks for the medal!

Answer 8

You want to convert -60 degrees Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit. There is also a formula for conversion of temperature in degrees C to degrees F; Do you happen to have that in front of you?

Answer 9

Love, i know the answer but im not show how to show my work on paper.

Answer 10

because the answer is -76F correct?

Answer 11

Conversion of F to C: C = (9/5)(F-32).

Conversion of C to F: F = 5C/9 + 32.

Although I won't insist that y ou have to do this, I do recommend it.

So, to convert -60 de. C to deg. F, substitute c=-60 into the 2nd equation.

Let me check, but I'm still gonna type out every step:

F = 5(-60)/9 + 32
F = -300/9 + 32
F = -100/3 + 32
F= -100/3 + 3(32)/3 (so that both quantities have the same denominator)
F = -99/3 = -30 degrees F.

I'm going to ask YOU to check MY math; it's worth the effort to do so.

Answer 12

Hm? The answer is -76F love..

Answer 13

Hint: my work is wrong.
Let me ask you to evaluate this: -100/3
Then, evaluate -100/3 + 32.

Answer 14

-100/3=?

Answer 15

My Sweet??

Answer 16

Give me a sec!

Answer 17

I've given you a whole bunch of secs already! :)

Answer 18

im multitasking right now!

Answer 19

Aha. Thought so.

I do that quite often myself. But I've got to get off OpenStudy mighty soon.

Answer 20

-100/3 = -33 1/3.

What is -100/3 + 32?

Love?

Answer 21

Waiiit.

Answer 22

I thought it would be -33.(3333333)

Answer 23

I note that in this problem you need to convert FROM degrees C TO degrees F.
The approach that our friend 0031356 used is valid for conversions in the opposite direction: FROM F to C.

Yes. -33.3333 + 32 = ?

Answer 24

-33.3333
+32
---------
?

So, -60C => -4/3 degrees F.

Answer 25

right, thats what i thought.. so.. 1.3333333 then?

Answer 26

-1.3333333*

Answer 27

What do YOU think? you insisted it was -76. Try to decide which result makes the more sense.

Answer 28

RIght.. thanks love

Answer 29

Great working with you. Have to get off Open Study now. See you soon, love. MM