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SpraynardKruger@lemmy.world 1 week agoThis is super convoluted to some people, but its the easiest way for my weird American brain to convert it on the fly:
- 2*°C=ans~1~
- ans~1~—(0.1*ans~1~)=ans~2~
- ans~2~—32=°F
The conversion most sources give you is:
(9/5)*°C—32=°F
But I find it easier to break it down into those 3 simple steps. If you’re the kind of person who calculates 20% of X in two steps [20%*X=(0.1X)*2], you might also like my weird method of converting °C to °F.
rmuk@feddit.uk 6 days ago
My method:
Water freezes at 0°C (about 30°F) and boils at 100°C (about 210°F).
100°F is about half way between those two numbers on the Fahrenheit scale, but closer to the lower one.
On the Celsius scale I would describe 40°C the same way.
100°F ≈ 40°C