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A "degree" in Celsius is 1.8 times as large an interval as a "degree" in Fahrenheit. So changes in temperature will be 1.8 times as large on the Fahrenheit scale than on the Celsius scale.

Explanation

In Fahrenheit, freezing is 32° and boiling is 212° so there are 180 degrees in between. In the Celsius system there are only 100 (larger) degrees between those marks, so the ratio is 180/100 or 1.8 Fahrenheit degrees = 1 Celsius degree.

Example : Water freezes at 0 °C, which is the same as 32 °F. If the water temperature is raised by 10 degrees to 10° C, the Fahrenheit scale will indicate a change of 18 degrees, to 50 °F.

Conversion Formulas

°F = (1.8 x °C) +32 and °C = (°F-32) / 1.8

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