Recipe 1.11 Converting Celsius to Fahrenheit

Problem

You have a temperature reading measured in Celsius and need to convert it to Fahrenheit.

Solution

 public static double CtoF(double celsius) {     return (((0.9/0.5) * celsius) + 32); } 

Discussion

This recipe makes use of the following Celsius-to-Fahrenheit temperature conversion equation:

 TempCelsius = (5 / 9) * (TempFahrenheit - 32) 

The Fahrenheit temperature scale is widely used in the United States. However, much of the rest of the world uses the Celsius temperature scale.