Question

Water freezes at 0degrees Celsius and 32degrees Fahrenheit. Water boils at 100degrees Celsius and 212degrees Fahrenheit.


a. Write degrees Celsius as a linear function of degrees Fahrenheit

b. What is the slope of your linear equation? What does it mean?

c. What is the y-intercept and what does it mean?

Answer 1

@Whitemonsterbunny17

Answer 2

@Venny

Answer 3

@sourwing

Answer 4

I've got the equation at C=5/9F+(-160)/9 so part A is done I just don't know what B and C are asking

Answer 5

(b) the slop = 5/9. It means that 1 degree change in Fahrenheit is only 5/9 of a degree change in Celsius. (Fahrenheit degrees are smaller)

Answer 6

for (c)
the y-intercept is -160/9 or about -17.8
this means that when it is 0 F it is -17.8 C or about -18 C when 0 F

Answer 7

thank you!

Answer 8

Welcome!