Body Temperature You may have heard that the average temperature of the human bo

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Body Temperature You may have heard that the average
temperature of the human body is 98.6 Recent experiments
show that the actual figure is closer to 98.2 . The
figure of 98.6 comes from experiments done by Carl Wunderlich
in 1868. But Wunderlich measured the temperatures
in degrees Celsius and rounded the average to the
nearest degree, giving 37 C as the average temperature.
a. What is the Fahrenheit equivalent of 37 C?
b. Given that Wunderlich rounded to the nearest degree
Celsius, his experiments tell us that the actual average
human body temperature is somewhere between 36.5 C
and 37.5C Find what this range corresponds to in
degrees Fahrenheit.

Explanation / Answer

to change a Celsius temp to Fahrenheit use F=9/5c +32 F=9/5(37)+32=98.6 F=9/5(36.5)+32= 97.7 F=9/5(37.5) +32= 99.5

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