July 28, 2011, 10:59 p.m.
posted by bert

Converting Fahrenheit to Celsius

Converting Fahrenheit to Celsius

Problem

You have a temperature reading measured in Fahrenheit and need to convert it to Celsius.

Solution

	public static double FtoC(double fahrenheit)
	{
	    return ((0.5/0.9) * (fahrenheit - 32));
	}

Discussion

This recipe makes use of the following Fahrenheit-to-Celsius temperature conversion equation:

	TempCelsius = (5 / 9) * (TempFahrenheit - 32)

The Fahrenheit temperature scale is widely used in the United States. However, much of the rest of the world uses the Celsius temperature scale.

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