What is 19°F in celsius?

1 Answer
Apr 9, 2016

19oF is equal to 7.2oC.

Explanation:

In order to determine how many degrees 19 Fahrenheit is in Celsius we need to understand that there is an equation that we must use. To convert a temperature in Fahrenheit to Celsius that equation looks like this:

(Fo32)59=Co

Fo represents the temperature in Fahrenheit, which we just so happen to be given. While the Co represents the temperature in Celsius which we are asked to find. This means that we can substitute the Fo for 19oF, the equation would then look like this:

(19oF32)59=Co

Now we can solve for Co by using order of operations (PEMDAS).

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Here's a quick refresher on PEMDAS:

First (P): we do anything in parentheses

Second (E): we do anything raised to a power, exponents

Third (M): we do any multiplication

Fourth (D): we do any division

Fifth (A): we do any addition

Sixth (S): we do any subtraction

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Okay now that's out of the way let's solve!

(19oF32)59=Co

=13oF59

Okay this might look intimidating but, its not I promise.

=13oF59

Is the same as this:

1359

You could cheat by plugging this into a calculator but lets take a look at 59:

19=0.1111 those 1's actually go on repeating like that forever

Now,

29=0.2222 with that same repeating trend

In fact this holds true for any number less than 9 that is over 9 (all numbers up to 89=0.8888. This means that:

59=0.5555

For all intents and purposes we can round this to 0.556. Now we can multiply -13 by 0.556, this will give us the number of degrees Celsius:

13(0.556)=7.228oC

We can round to get:

19oF=7.2oC

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In order to go from Celsius to Fahrenheit we can use this equation:

Co(95)+32=Fo

Instead of plugging in Fahrenheit we would plug in Celsius. For example: "What is -7.2^oC in Fahrenheit?"

I hope this helps!