RE: more heat!

[Don Hoefer <hoefer@jaxom.eng.pko.dec.com>]

> You sure Jim?  I thought the conversion was F=(9/5*C)+32.  The lines
> intersect at 212F=100C.  212F=(9/5*100C)+32 is true so 45F=(9/5*7C)+32.
> 
> Mark P
> 
> 
> >Actually it is about 13 deg. F difference.
> >80 deg. C = 176 deg. F
> >87 deg. C = 189 deg. F
> 
> >Jim Dupree

One degree C is 1.8 degree F.  Therefore a change of 7 C is a change of
1.8 * 7 = 12.6 F.  The 32F offset is only valid when refering to
absolute temperature measurement.  Don't worry, I have seen the same
mistake in the Scientific American.

Don Hoefer
'82 Coupe

Massachusetts, USA