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Your friend who is visiting from Canada just took her temperature. When she reads 99.8F, she becomes concerned that she is quite ill. How would you explain this temperature to your friend?

Short Answer

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The temperature in Celcius is 37.7oCand slightly higher than normal

Step by step solution

01

Given Information

Temperature = 99oF

Conversion formulaTc=59Tf−32

02

Explanation 

Using Conversion formula Tc=59Tf−32

we get,

TC=99.80F−321.8=37.7oC

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