SOLUTION: Is this solvable? This is a take home quiz. I know that this is the conversion from fahrenheit to celsius, but it doesn't give anything to convert. The question is: Solve the giv

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Question 26554: Is this solvable? This is a take home quiz. I know that this is the conversion from fahrenheit to celsius, but it doesn't give anything to convert. The question is:
Solve the given formula for the specified variable:
C = 5/9(F - 32) for F
Thank you for your help.
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To solve this for F, all you do is rearrange the equation so that F = something.
C+=+%285%2F9%29%28F-32%29 Multiply both sides of the equation by the multiplicative inverse of5%2F9 which is9%2F5.
%289%2F5%29C+=+F-32%29 Now add 32 to both sides.
%289%2F5%29C+%2B+32+=+F or
F+=+%289%2F5%29C+%2B+32 ...and there it is!