Death Valley holds the record for the highest recorded temperaturein the United

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Death Valley holds the record for the highest recorded temperaturein the United States. On July 10, 1913, at a place called FurnaceCreek Ranch, the temperature rose to 134°F. The lowest U.S.temperature every recorded occurred at Prospect Creek Camp inAlaska on January 23, 1971, when the temperature plummeted to-79.8°F. (a) Convert these temperatures to the Celsiusscale.
T = 134°F 1°C T = -79.8°F 2°C
(b) Convert the Celsius temperatures to Kelvin.
T = 134°F 3 K T = -79.8°F 4 K T = 134°F 1°C T = -79.8°F 2°C

Explanation / Answer

Conversion fo Farenheit to celsius is given by followingformula, Tc = (5/9)*(Tf-32) T= 1340F = (5/9) * (134-32 ) = 56.6670 T = -79.80F = (5/9) * (-79.8-32) =-62.1110 Conversion of celsius to kelvin is given by following formula, TK = TC + 273 T = 1340 F = 329.667 K T = -79.8 = 210.889 K

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