ANSWER FROM WEDNESDAY:
-136.58 degrees CYou cannot add and subtract coldness...you can only add and subtract heat. To make something "twice as cold" you would have to remove 1/2 the heat. The problem with our F and C temperature scales is their zero point still has heat in it. So to solve the problem you need to either convert the temperature to a scale with an absolute 0 (Kelvin), or find the temperature in C at which there is no longer any heat and find the midpoint. Both answers will get you to -136.58 --- so if it is ever going to be "twice as cold" as the day before, BUNDLE UP!!! Jen gets the point for the first to post the correct answer, Jason a point for the best explanation, Jerry loses a point for getting a math question wrong, and I get a point just because I can.
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