Question

On a certain scale of temperature, the freezing and

boiling points of water are marked as 20 and 180

degrees, respectively. What is the temperature of a

patient suffering with a high fever of 104°F on that

scale?

I need it with steps please .​

Answer 1

Explanation:

One way to answer this is to say that there is insufficient data to answer the question - the freezing point of what substance and the boiling point of what substance are not specified.

If, however, we assume that we are discussing the freezing and boiling points of water, the answer is easily obtained.

With water as the reference material, the freezing point would be 0 deg C and the boiling point would be 100 deg C. A difference of 100 deg C.

This corresponds to a difference of 130 deg on our mystery thermometer (150 - 20).

We are looking for a point 60/100 of that difference.

We can now create an equation for the answer:

Answer = 60/100 x 130 + 20

Answer = 6 x 13 + 20

Answer = 78 + 20

Answer = 98