Barbara is converting 78°F to degrees Celsius. First, she subtracts 32 from 78. What is the next step?

multiply 46 by 5/9

multiply 46 by 9/5

add 273 to 46

subtract 273 from 46

Question

Barbara is converting 78°F to degrees Celsius. First, she subtracts 32 from 78. What is the next step?


multiply 46 by 5/9

multiply 46 by 9/5

add 273 to 46

subtract 273 from 46

astrophysics · Answer

$$C = \frac{ 5 }{ 9 }(F-32)$$

rhystic · Answer

to convert F to C you first take temp in F subtract by 32 and then multiply be 5/9

astrophysics · Answer

The equation is above for celcius, if you want to go the other way as well, you use the following $$F = \frac{ 9 }{ 5 } C+32$$