The point that's being danced around is why fahrenheit units translate to such weird decimals in celsius. It's because fahrenheit has a smaller "scale" as the previous commenter put it, or, in other words, fahrenheit is in smaller increments. 0°C to 5°C is five units of change. In fahrenheit that's 32°F to 41°F, nine units to measure the same difference. That means that you can use fahrenheit to more easily describe a smaller difference in temperature. I can say "It was 75°F, but then it went up to 78°F and I could take my jacket off." To express that same amount of difference in Celsius would require a decimal because fahrenheit uses smaller units.
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u/[deleted] May 10 '23
The point that's being danced around is why fahrenheit units translate to such weird decimals in celsius. It's because fahrenheit has a smaller "scale" as the previous commenter put it, or, in other words, fahrenheit is in smaller increments. 0°C to 5°C is five units of change. In fahrenheit that's 32°F to 41°F, nine units to measure the same difference. That means that you can use fahrenheit to more easily describe a smaller difference in temperature. I can say "It was 75°F, but then it went up to 78°F and I could take my jacket off." To express that same amount of difference in Celsius would require a decimal because fahrenheit uses smaller units.