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Old 11-15-2019, 12:15 PM   #68
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Originally Posted by rcentros View Post
A kilometer is no more "accurate" than a mile. Nor is Celsius more accurate than Fahrenheit. For practical purposes Celsius is perceived as less accurate, since the range between 32 and 212 is wider than the range between 0 and 100.
That is an example of the utility of fractions. Less temperature change between integer degrees does not not make Fahrenheit more accurate than Celsius, it allows more precision when restricted to integers. With fractions, neither Fahrenheit nor Celsius is more accurate or more precise.
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