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From: msimpson@bbncca.ARPA (Mike Simpson)
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: Re: Temperatures
Message-ID: <425@bbncca.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 30-Dec-83 12:24:50 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 30 12:24:50 1983
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	>>Do Fahrenheit and Centigrade have an equivalent temperature?

		Yes, forty degrees below zero.  The algebra is simple--

	Let X be the Fahrenheit temperature, and let Y be the Celsius
		temperature.  Then

		(9/5)Y+32 = X

		(9)Y + 160 = (5)X

		      160 = (-4)X

			-40 = X

		        -- cheers,
			   Mike Simpson
			   Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.
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-- 
		        -- cheers,
			   Mike Simpson
			   Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.
			   Ten Moulton Street,
				   Cambridge, MA 02238 (USnail)
			   msimpson@bbn-unix (ARPA)
			   decvax!bbncca!msimpson (Usenet)
			   msimpson.bbn-unix@udel-relay (CSNET)
			   617-497-2819 (Ma Bell)