this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2023
2024 points (94.2% liked)
Memes
45725 readers
931 users here now
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
The easy but not quite right conversion from C to F is to double it, then add 30.
F to C is subtract 30 and divide by 2.
I've always learned 32, not 30
When doing a simple double/half, 30 will give less average error between 0° and 100°C. Though the real formula is C * 9 / 5 + 32 = F