Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
The temperature rises by 18°F. What is the rise on the Celsius scale?
Advertisements
Solution
Since 100 divisions on the Celsius scale =180 divisions on the Fahrenheit scale
∴ 18 divisions on Fahrenheit scale.
= `100/180` × 18
= 10 divisions in the celsius scale = 10 °C
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Who is telling the truth?
Heat flows from an object at higher temperature to an object at lower temperature.
Name two substances which expand on heating.
A copper wire 10 cm long is heated from 200C to 300C. Find the increase in length of the wire, if coefficient of linear expansion of copper is 1.7 X 10-5oC-1
State three main characteristics of a thermometric substance.
Draw a neat and labeled diagram of a clinical thermometer
Convert the following temperature into Fahrenheit scale:
-400C
While a substance is undergoing a change of state, the temperature of the body remains ______.
