Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Measurement - 9.3 Measuring Weight and Temperature - Exercise Set 9.3 - Page 604: 83

Answer

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Work Step by Step

$C=\frac{5}{9}(F-32)$ hence here $-11.6^\circ F=\frac{5}{9}(-11.6-32)^\circ C\approx-24.2^\circ C$ Thus Greenland is colder, by $-24.2-(-29.2)=5^\circ C$
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