Question

Kirk, who lives in England, is reading a letter from his pen pal in the United States.His pen pal says that the temperature in his city was 36.5 Fahrenheit one day, so itwas too cold to play golf outside. Kirk doesn't know how cold this is, because he isused to temperatures in Celsius. Help Kirk solve the following equation to determinethe temperature in degrees Celsius: 1.8C + 32 = 36.5.Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a degree.

Answer 1

`\begin{gathered} 1.8C+32=36.5 \\ C=(36.5-32)/(1.8) \\ C=(4.5)/(1.8) \\ C=2.5 \end{gathered}`