Jon Bosak on Nostr: If we're looking to be exact, that's incorrect. In fact, 16C equals 60.8F, and 28C ...
If we're looking to be exact, that's incorrect. In fact, 16C equals 60.8F, and 28C equals 82.4F.
The two scales line up on whole-number equivalents every 5C (or 9F, which is the same thing). Thus 20C=68F, 15C=59F, &c., so 16C and 28C can't line up exactly with F.
The difference between C and F is the difference between decimal and sexagesimal; one divides freezing -> boiling into 100 degrees, and the other divides that interval into 180. Thus (per degree) C/F = 100/180 = 5/9.
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