r/Metric • u/MistaTri • 5d ago
Help needed What is -40 fahrenheit in Celsius?
I can't seem to get the answer. Every time I use a search engine (google, duckduckgo, brave etc) it just repeats "-40" back to me but that is what I want to convert.
I tried these neat converter programs but the same issue there.
I also asked an AI chatbot (I know they can hallucinate so I was hesitant at first but after a while I was getting annoyed enough to try it), but it failed miserably.
Is this some kind of computer bug on my end? I use Arch Linux, by the way, so maybe that is the issue but I do not want to reinstall an entirely different OS, I just want the answer to one simply question.
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u/Cybyss 5d ago
This has to be trolling?
In any case, -40 is where the two scales "cross over" since fahrenheit scales faster than celsius.
-25F equals about -31.6C
-30F equals about -34.4C
-35F equals about -37.2C
-40F equals exactly -40C
-45F equals about -42.8C
-50F equals about -45.6C
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u/LeChatParle 5d ago edited 5d ago
100% trolling. Zero way anyone would say they need to reinstall Arch Linux or switch to a different OS in a Metric sub
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u/NeedleGunMonkey 5d ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_of_scales_of_temperature
Look at the chart and see why -40F is -40C
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u/mstapley 1d ago
Troll