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4-52.

Paige traveled to Australia and is making her favorite bread recipe. She usually bakes the bread in a oven. She is surprised to learn that the oven temperatures in Australia are measured in degrees Celsius. In the formula at right, stands for Fahrenheit and C stands for Celsius. Use the formula and the Order of Operations to help Paige determine how she should set the oven in degrees Celsius.  

You are given degrees Fahrenheit and you need degrees Celsius.

Substitute for the variable . Then solve within the parentheses.

Simplify the numerator by multiplying.

Divide to get your answer.