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minus-squarePipoca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoThe easy way to remember the multiplier is that there’s exactly 180 degrees between boiling and freezing in Fahrenheit, and 100 in Celsius. Just use 1.8 instead of a fraction.
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoAnd the -32, hmm? Checkmate, atheists
minus-squareimPastaSyndrome@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago32 degrees F is freezing, as is 0 C. Ramen.
minus-squareMo5560@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI find it easier to do mental arithmetic with the fraction (and I didn’t know the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit). But thanks anyways!
The easy way to remember the multiplier is that there’s exactly 180 degrees between boiling and freezing in Fahrenheit, and 100 in Celsius. Just use 1.8 instead of a fraction.
And the -32, hmm? Checkmate, atheists
32 degrees F is freezing, as is 0 C.
Ramen.
I find it easier to do mental arithmetic with the fraction (and I didn’t know the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit). But thanks anyways!