How does this work?!

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   Savva Pelouposted 13 years ago

   How does this work?!
   
   If the temperature this morning is 0 degrees and the Weather Channel says, "it will be twice as cold tomorrow", what will the temperature be?!

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   Don Bobbittposted 13 years ago

   Looks like one of the Google Gadget "Things to Ponder" postings available for Google Blogs????

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   WoodsmensPostposted 13 years ago

   What you have to do to solve this is first :
   
   1. convert Fahrenheit to Celsius
   
   0°F = -17.778°C
   
   2. Multiply times 2
   
   -17.778°C X 2 = -35.556°C
   
   3. Convert back to Fahrenheit
   
   -35.556°C = -32°F
   
   So your answer would be -32°F is twice as cold as 0°F

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   DavyJones02posted 13 years ago

   I agree with woodsmensPost that theoratically that works, but if you would use Kelvin in stead of Celsius the answer is different,
   0 °F = 255.37 K
   255.37 / 2 = 127.69
   127.69 K = -229.84 °F  (And this would be a very simplified and wrong way to calculate this)
   
   I know that is extremely cold but there is no good reason to use Celsius over Kelvin, I don't think you can just take another scale and use it to convert the temperature. Next to that colder is a vague term.
   
   Nice question but I don't think the answer is simple..

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   wilbury4posted 13 years ago

   Good question!
   I would work on the fact that the comfortable temperature for humans is averaged at 21'C.
   Therefore 0'C is 21'below that average.
   So, twice as cold would be -21'C
   This is just my opinion, a thought as to what it could mean. Personally I think it is just slang English, meaning it will be very much colder tomorrow.
   Just wrap up well!!

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