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Chapter 13: Q1PE (page 470)

Question: What is the Fahrenheit temperature of a person with a39.0ºCfever

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Answer:

A person with a temperature of has the equal temperature as on the Fahrenheit scale.

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01

Difference between Fahrenheit and Celcius

You need to find the Celcius corresponding Fahrenheit temperature. So the relation between the two-scale is,

C=59F-32C×95=F-32

02

Calculation

When T=, Substituting this into the above equation, we get,

39.0°C×95=F-3270.2°C=F-32F=102.2°F

Therefore, a person with a temperature has the same temperature as a person with a temperature on the Fahrenheit scale. Thermometers are used to measure temperature on well-defined measurement scales. Different temperature scales can be developed by finding easily reproducible temperatures, such as freezing and boiling water at standard atmospheric pressure.

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