2026-04-27 16:02 UTC
I hate math so much sometimes
This assignment for my students gives the Fahrenheit and Celsius conversions as:
F = ((9/5) C) + 32
C = (5/9) (F - 32)
I'm sure there's An Actual Reason that i'm too silly to intuit but I'm so baffled that one is multiply than add, and the other is subtract then multiply. Like. What!!! What. Why are they not the same order.
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@notimetoplay@elekk.xyz 2026-04-27 18:27
@katrani@elekk.xyz Because you'd be subtracting the wrong value. Got to retrace your steps and perform the same operations in reverse, mirroring the initial calculation.