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12 deg F is -11.11... deg C so the difference is 5.11... degrees in the Celsius scale. However, since neither scale is absolute it would be incorrect to say that the difference is 5.11... deg C.

It would be correct to say that the difference is 5.11... Kelvin since that is an absolute scale.

All that sounds rather complicated and an illustration might help. To start with we know (or can calculate) that -40 deg C = -40 deg F.

So what is the difference between -40 deg C and -40 deg F? Since -40 deg F = -40 deg C, the difference is 0 deg on the Celsius scale. But 0 deg C is 32 deg F so does that make the difference 32 deg F? No, because the difference on the F scale is also 0 deg.

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