Solve it!

Unit Three

Kansas vs. Italy

Cassidy Hayden
The Problem
Sam lives in Italy, one of the many countries

that measure temperature in Celsius. His sister

Conversion Equation Sally lives in Kansas. She calls Sam complaining

F = (9/5)C + 32 of the 102° temperature. After a moment of

panic Sam realizes Sally means 102° Fahrenheit

and not 102° Celsius. Sam wants to know how

hot Kansas is in a unit of measurement he

understands.
 Add an Output to the Equation

Sam
Sally
The “F” was replaced with
F = (9/5)C + 32 “102” because “F” stands 102° That’s the boiling
point? Death?? What
is this American

😓
↓ for Fahrenheit, and 102 nonsense

102 = (9/5)C + 32
was the temperature in
Kansas.
❓
Solve the Equation F C

32 0
102 = (9/5)C + 32
50 10
F ← Here you Using a table
×5 ×5 ×5
a can see where we can find an 68 20
510 = 9C + 160 h 102 degrees is approximate
r on the graph. solution to the 86 30
-160 -160 equation. 104
e You can see
350 = 9C n the the point is close to 102 104 40
h of intersection so the solution
÷9 ÷9 e is just before of 40 must be 122 50
38.9 = C i 40 degrees close to the
actual answer 140 60
t Celsius.
158 70
Celcius
176 80
Real-World Solution

Kansas, on a hot day is 102°F. For the rest of the world to understand

what that means: it is 38.9°C in Kansas.

Check the Answer

102 = (9/5)38.9 + 32 By replacing C with 38.9 and solving the

equation we can get to 510 = 510.1.
×5 ×5 ×5

510 = 9×38.9 + 160 The answers don’t match up exactly because

38.9 is the rounded temperature in Celsius. The
510 = 350.1 + 160 exact temperature is 38.8889°C.
510 = 510.1
The End!