Question

Scenario: Your patient is a 66 year old male in heart failure. He is 182 pounds and is 6 feet 2 inches tall with a body temperature of 39 C.

a. What is his body temperature in °F (to the tenth)?
b. The room is at 75 °F, what is this in °C (to the nearest degree)?
°F
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Answer 1

`a`.
`102.2`°
`F`
`(approximately)`

`b`.
`24`°
`C`

Explanation:

`a`. °
`F` = (°
`C` ×
`(9)/(5)`) +
`32`

In this case:

°
`F` = (
`39` ×
`(9)/(5)`) +
`32`

°
`F` =
`70.2` +
`32`

°
`F` ≈
`102.2`°
`F`

So, his body temperature in °
`F` is approximately
`102.2`°
`F`.

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`b`. °
`C` = (°
`F` - 32) ×
`(5)/(9)`

In this case:

°
`C` = (
`75 - 32`) ×
`(5)/(9)`

°
`C` =
`43` ×
`(5)/(9)`

°
`C` ≈
`23.9`°
`C`

So, the room temperature in °
`C` is approximately
`23.9`°
`C`, which can be rounded to the nearest degree as
`24`°
`C`.