Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections
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Chapter 19.1, Problem 19.1CE
The Fahrenheit scale remains useful in part due to personal experience with temperature. For example, the average temperature range in a typical midlatitude city such as Gdansk, Poland (formerly Dansk, where Fahrenheit was born), is 25°F to 78°F over a year.
- a. Find the temperature range in Gdansk, Poland, in degrees Celsius and in kelvins.
- b. Many people say that 0°F is a very cold day and 100°F is an unpleasantly hot day. Convert these temperatures to the Celsius and Kelvin scales.
- c.When someone has an infection, her body may respond with a fever. A high fever (T > 105°F) can damage the brain. Convert this temperature to degrees Celsius.
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