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I haven't come across temperatures that hot very often, but my assumption is that the average non-scientific US resident would use Fahrenheit for all temperatur
by jetti 13y ago
I haven't come across temperatures that hot very often, but my assumption is that the average non-scientific US resident would use Fahrenheit for all temperatures, no matter what range, just because it is what they were most likely raised on.
Just out of curiosity, what would you suggest they use instead? Celsius? Kelvin?
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- paganel 13y agoNot the OP, but I'd say that for high temperatures it doesn't really matter if one uses Celsius or Kevin, and that's because 1 degree Celsius = 1 degree Kelvin. So, let's say that you have a reading of 800 Celsius, you just need to add ~ 270 to it if you want Kelvin. If I then get a second reading of 1200 Celsius I know for sure that it's 400 degrees higher compared to the first reading, no matter if I'm thinking Celsius or Kelvin. For Fahrenheit things are not that straightforward
- sp332 13y ago1200-800=400 in Fahrenheit too, you know :p
- paganel 13y agoReally? Ok, I learned something new today :) Of course, if it wasn't obvious enough enough I'm from Europe where Fahrenheit has always confused us.
- sp332 13y agoYeah :) They're both linear. What confuses people is that degrees F are both smaller than degrees C and the 0-point is lower. They meet at -40 (so -40C == -40F) and from there, the F number changes faster than C, that's all.