I’ve always wondered this and I don’t think I Learned about it in school, it’s so confusing to me
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Bacause they are based on different intervals and therefore their scales differ.
A degree in Fahrenheit is 1/180 of the interval between the freezing point and the boiling point of water.
A degree in Celsius is 1/100 of the interval between the freezing point and the boiling point if water.
You can freely convert between the two where C = (F – 32)*(5/9)
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