Hi, this is Cathy with Level Up RN. In this video, I will explain how to do temperature conversions. So I will provide the formulas for converting from Fahrenheit to Celsius, as well as Celsius to Fahrenheit, and then I will work through a couple of temperature conversion problems. You can find all the information that I'll be covering in this video in our Level Up RN dosage calculation workbook. If you are in nursing school, then you know how important it is to master dosage calculations, and our workbook will help you do just that. In a nutshell, our workbook contains all different types of dosage calculation problems that you are likely to encounter in nursing school, and we demonstrate how to solve each problem using multiple methods so you can pick the way that makes the most sense to you.
All right. In this video, I am going to work through some temperature conversion problems. So we are going to work through an example problem where we go from Fahrenheit to Celsius, and another where we go from Celsius to Fahrenheit. And in order to do these types of problems, you definitely have to memorize these equations over here. So when we're going from Fahrenheit to Celsius, this is the equation you want to use. You want to take your temperature in Fahrenheit, subtract 32, and calculate that, and then take that answer and divide by 1.8. And then when we're going from Celsius to Fahrenheit, you want to take the temperature in Celsius, multiply times 1.8, and then take the answer to that and add 32.
So let's work through our first example problem here. With this problem, we have 99 degrees Fahrenheit, and we want to get to Celsius. So we're going to be using this equation here. So the degrees Celsius equals the degrees Fahrenheit, which is 99, minus 32, over 1.8. So 99 minus 32 is 67. 67 divided by 1.8 is 37.2. So that would be our temperature in Celsius for a temperature of 99 degrees Fahrenheit.
All right. Let's work through our second example problem. In this problem, we're going from Celsius to Fahrenheit. So we need to convert 38 degrees Celsius to Fahrenheit. So we're going to use this equation right here. So degrees Fahrenheit equals 38. So that's our degrees Celsius times 1.8 plus 32. So we're going to solve this part first. So this multiplies out to be 68.4, and then we're going to add in the 32. So we end up with 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit. And that's how we would convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit. Again, these are just some equations that you're definitely going to have to memorize.
