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Question: The steam point and ice point of a mercury thermometer are marked as 80<sup>0</sup> and 10<sup>0</su...

The steam point and ice point of a mercury thermometer are marked as 800 and 100. At what temperature on centigrade scale the reading of this thermometer will be 590 ?

A

700 C

B

600 C

C

800 C

D

None of these

Answer

700 C

Explanation

Solution

T108010\frac{T' - 10}{80 - 10} = TC100\frac{T_{C}}{100} ; T' = 590