Please solve the following problems with a step to step explanation as to how so

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Please solve the following problems with a step to step explanation as to how solve it.
1. If you were in X country, a particular highway read 158 kilometers. Convert the values to miles. (Conversion factors: 1 mile=1.609 km)
2. An individual has a body temperature of 212 K. What is the individual’s temperature in degrees Celsius? In degrees Fahrenheit? Please solve the following problems with a step to step explanation as to how solve it.
1. If you were in X country, a particular highway read 158 kilometers. Convert the values to miles. (Conversion factors: 1 mile=1.609 km)
2. An individual has a body temperature of 212 K. What is the individual’s temperature in degrees Celsius? In degrees Fahrenheit?
1. If you were in X country, a particular highway read 158 kilometers. Convert the values to miles. (Conversion factors: 1 mile=1.609 km)
2. An individual has a body temperature of 212 K. What is the individual’s temperature in degrees Celsius? In degrees Fahrenheit?

Explanation / Answer

1)
1.609 km = 1 mile
1 km = (1/1.609) mile
1 km = (0.6215) mile
so,
158 km = (0.6215)*158 mile
= 98.20 mile

2)
T in oC = (T in k) - 273
= 212 - 273
= -61 oC

also,
T in F = (9/5)*(T in oC) + 32
= (9/5)*(-61) + 32
= -109.8 + 32
= -77.8 F

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