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From: egraeler@uceng.UC.EDU (Eric S Graeler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: temperature conversion
Summary: correct
Message-ID: <7331@uceng.UC.EDU>
Date: 26 Jan 91 19:26:13 GMT
References: <2D042619A000047E@gacvx1.gac.edu>
Organization: Univ. of Cincinnati, College of Engg.
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In article <2D042619A000047E@gacvx1.gac.edu>, U5513172@NMSUVM1.BITNET (Thomas L. Baca) writes:
> Hello fellow HP-users,   I have what may be a silly question, but I
> shall ask anyway.  WhenI add 25_'C ( read degree Celcius)  and 1_'F
> on my HP 48SX, I get an answer of 537.67_'F.  What terribly simple thing
> am I overlooking?  My wife tells me that the answer looks like Rankins

There is nothing wrong with this.  This is perfectly correct.  What you are
over looking is absolute 0.  Temperature starts at 0_K which is equall to
-459.67_F.  Therefore 25_C is 298.15_K and 1_F is 255.93_K for a total of
554.08_K which is 537.67_F.  You can do these conversions easily by have the
number you want to convert on the stack and then press the left shift (orange)
and then the units you want.  

					Eric Graeler
					egraeler@uceng.uc.edu