****************************************** The picture below has a VIDEO to EXPLAIN ****************************************** ****************************************** ****************************************** The picture below has a VIDEO to EXPLAIN The picture below has a VIDEO to EXPLAIN USING THE EQUATION in a SCIENCE SITUATION Instead of memorizing the formulas for Centigrade to Fehrenheit ---- why not use the fact that there exists a linear relationship . By forming the ordered pairs for the Freezing and Boiling Temperatures for WATER we get: (0 , 32) and (100 , 212) OR (32 , 0 ) and (212 , 100) Depending on which pair you use, the slope will be either 9/5 or 5/9