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The Celsius scale was created so that 0 was defined as water's freezing point and that 100 was defined as water's boiling point (at 1 ATM of preasure).

/\ (that means "delta" or "change of/in")

/\ 1C = /\1.8F

So if the temp increases by 1 degree celsius, then that is a 1.8 degree increase Fahrenheit .

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