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A nurse measures the temperature of a patient to be 41.5 $\mathrm{C}$ . (a) What is this temperature on the Fahrenheit scale? (b) Do you think the patient is seriously ill? Explain.
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5 $\mathrm{C}$. We need to convert this to Fahrenheit. The formula to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit is given by: \[ T_{F} = \frac{9}{5} T_{C} + 32 \] Show more…
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