Java Fahrenheit to Celcius toCelsius(double f)

Description

German born scientist Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
f	degrees Fahrenheit

Return

degrees Celsius

Declaration

public static double toCelsius(double f) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  w  w w.ja v  a2  s  .  c  o  m*/
 * TemperatureUtils.java
 *
 * Created on March 30, 2006, 10:40 PM
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2006, Pat Farrell. All rights reserved.
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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public class Main {
    /**
     * German born scientist Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit. He is credited with the invention of the mercury thermometer and introduced it and his scale in 1714 in Holland.<br>
     * Tc = (5/9)*(Tf-32); Tc = temperature in degrees Celsius, Tf = temperature in degrees Fahrenheit
     * @param f degrees Fahrenheit
     * @return degrees Celsius
     */
    public static double toCelsius(double f) {
        double c = (5.0f / 9.0f) * (f - 32.0f);
        //System.out.printf(" f: %g c: %g\n", f, c);
        return c;
    }
}

Related

1. fahrenheit2celcius(double f)
2. fahrenheitToCelsius(double fahrenheit)
3. fahrenheitToCelsius(double temp)
4. fahrenheitToCelsius(float fahrenheit)