ELI5: Why is 212 degrees Fahrenheit equal to 100 Celsius, but 50 Celsius is not 106 degrees Fahrenheit? Submitted by [deleted] t3_yiheio on October 31, 2022 at 4:50 PM in explainlikeimfive 13 comments 1
HexFyber t1_iuioapp wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:56 PM there's a flat gap between the two temperature scales. What you're doing there is applying the wrong logic. following your reasoning, 50C = 106F, so 25C = 53F, so 1C = 2.1F. it's a logarithmic curve Permalink 1
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