SOLUTION: Temperature. Find the temperature at which the Celsius and Fahrenheit temperatures are numerically equal.

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Question 894808: Temperature. Find the temperature at which the Celsius and Fahrenheit temperatures are numerically equal.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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Points (F,C) contain two well known points (approximate) of (32,0) and (212,100). The relationship will form a line. Derive the relationship, and then equate F and C. Solve.


Moving right ahead to highlight_green%28C=%28F-32%29%285%2F9%29%29; if you say that C=F and you then choose a variable for each, as the same, say p=C=F, then you can have
p=%28p-32%29%285%2F9%29;
Solve for p.