A nurse measures the temperature of a patient to be 40.7°C (a) What is this temperature on the Fahrenheit scale? °F (b) Do you think the patient is seriously ill? (Assume the patient has a serious fever if the temperature is above 100°F.) Yes No Explain

A nurse measures the temperature of a patient to be 40.7°C (a) What is this temperature on the Fahrenheit scale? °F (b) Do you think the patient is seriously ill? (Assume the patient has a serious fever if the temperature is above 100°F.) Yes No Explain

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A nurse measures the temperature of a patient to be 40.7°C
(a) What is this temperature on the Fahrenheit scale?
°F
(b) Do you think the patient is seriously ill? (Assume the patient has a serious fever if the temperature is above 100°F.)
Yes
No
Explain

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