Question

Question: Which is larger, 1 C° or 1 F? Explain why.

Short answer

1 C° is larger than 1 F°.

Step-by-step solution

Understanding of temperature

The term "temperature" may be defined as the thermodynamical characteristic of a particular system, determining whether a body is cool or warm.

Relationship between the 1 C° and 1 F°

One hundred divisions on the centigrade scale are equal to the 180 divisions on the Fahrenheit scale. Therefore, the relationship between the centigrade and Fahrenheit can be written as follows:

\(\begin{array}{c}1{\rm{^\circ C}} = \frac{{180}}{{100}}\;{\rm{^\circ F}}\\1{\rm{^\circ C}} = \frac{9}{5}{\rm{^\circ F}}\\{\rm{1^\circ C}} = 1.8{\rm{^\circ F}}\end{array}\)

From the above relation, it is clear that the centigrade scale is larger than the Fahrenheit scale.