If a temperature scale were based on the freezing point(5.5°C) and boiling point (80.1°C) of benzene and the tempera-ture difference between these points was divided into 50 units(called X), what would be the freezing and boiling points of wa-ter in X?

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If a temperature scale were based on the freezing point(5.5°C) and boiling point (80.1°C) of benzene and the tempera-ture difference between these points was divided into 50 units(called X), what would be the freezing and boiling points of wa-ter in X?

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