{"id":262378,"date":"2025-07-20T14:58:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T14:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=262378"},"modified":"2025-07-20T14:58:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T14:58:53","slug":"convert-120-degree-fahrenheit-to-degree-celsius-by-showing-step-by-step-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/20\/convert-120-degree-fahrenheit-to-degree-celsius-by-showing-step-by-step-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Convert 120 degree Fahrenheit to degree Celsius by showing step by step process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Convert 120 degree Fahrenheit to degree Celsius by showing step by step process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To convert 120\u00b0F to Celsius, you can follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Use the Formula<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The formula for converting Fahrenheit to Celsius is: C=59\u00d7(F\u221232)C = \\frac{5}{9} \\times (F &#8211; 32)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CC is the temperature in Celsius.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FF is the temperature in Fahrenheit (in this case, 120\u00b0F).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Plug in the Value<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Substitute 120\u00b0F into the formula: C=59\u00d7(120\u221232)C = \\frac{5}{9} \\times (120 &#8211; 32)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3: Simplify Inside the Parentheses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Subtract 32 from 120: C=59\u00d788C = \\frac{5}{9} \\times 88<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 4: Multiply by 5<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Multiply 88 by 5: C=4409C = \\frac{440}{9}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 5: Divide by 9<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now divide 440 by 9: C=48.89C = 48.89<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final Answer:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>120\u00b0F is approximately equal to <strong>48.89\u00b0C<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason for this conversion is rooted in the different temperature scales used around the world. Fahrenheit, commonly used in the United States, sets water&#8217;s freezing point at 32\u00b0F and boiling point at 212\u00b0F. Celsius, on the other hand, is used in most other countries and sets water&#8217;s freezing point at 0\u00b0C and boiling point at 100\u00b0C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To perform the conversion, you first subtract 32 from the Fahrenheit temperature to remove the offset between the two scales. Then, you multiply by 5\/9 (since each degree Fahrenheit represents a smaller change than a degree Celsius). This formula ensures an accurate conversion, allowing you to switch between the two temperature systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Convert 120 degree Fahrenheit to degree Celsius by showing step by step process. The correct answer and explanation is: To convert 120\u00b0F to Celsius, you can follow these steps: Step 1: Use the Formula The formula for converting Fahrenheit to Celsius is: C=59\u00d7(F\u221232)C = \\frac{5}{9} \\times (F &#8211; 32) Where: Step 2: Plug in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}