Chapter D, Problem 51ES

Highest Temperatures. The highest temperature ever recorded in the world is $136°\text{F}$ in the desert of Libya in 1922. The highest temperature ever recorded in the United States is $56\frac{2}{3}°\text{C}$ in California’s Death Valley in 1913.

Source: The Handy Geography Answer Book

a. Convert each temperature to the other scale.

b. How much higher in degrees Fahrenheit was the world record than the U.S. record?