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