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While in Europe, a tourist hears on the radio that thetemperature that day will

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Question

While in Europe, a tourist hears on the radio that thetemperature that day will reach a high of 18 degrees C. What isthis temperature on the Fahrenheit scale______F Normal room temperature is about 66 F. What is the equivalenttemperature on the Celsius scale_____C Reseachers in the Antarctic measure the temperature to be -53F. What is this temperature on the following scales? a) the Celsius scale______C b)the Kelvin scale_______K While in Europe, a tourist hears on the radio that thetemperature that day will reach a high of 18 degrees C. What isthis temperature on the Fahrenheit scale______F Normal room temperature is about 66 F. What is the equivalenttemperature on the Celsius scale_____C Reseachers in the Antarctic measure the temperature to be -53F. What is this temperature on the following scales? a) the Celsius scale______C b)the Kelvin scale_______K

Explanation / Answer

1 ) Temperature Tc = 18C                       TF = 9 /5 ( TC + 32 )                               = 9/ 5 ( 18 C + 32 )                                =90 F 2 )   TC = 5 /9 (TF - 32 )               = 5 / 9 ( 66 F - 32 )               = 18.8 C a )   TF = - 53 F         TC =  5 /9 ( TF - 32 )               = 5 /9 ( -66F - 32 )               = -53.9 C b )   TK   =TC + 273.15                 = -53.9 C +273 .15                = 219.25 K