Physics of Everyday Phenomena
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259894008
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10, Problem 2SP
A student constructs a thermometer and invents her own temperature scale with the ice point of water at 0°S (S for student) and the boiling point of water at 75°S. She measures the temperature of a beaker of water with her thermometer and finds it to be 18°S.
a. What is the temperature of the water in degrees Celsius?
b. What is the temperature of the water in degrees Fahrenheit?
c. What is the temperature of the water in kelvins?
d. Is the temperature range spanned by 1 Student degree larger or smaller than the range spanned by 1 Celsius degree? Explain.
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