A temperature scale has a lower fixed point of 40mm and a upper fixed point of 200mm. What is the reading on this scale when a thermometer reads 60oC?

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Physics - 1995 Subject: Physics

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A temperature scale has a lower fixed point of 40mm and a upper fixed point of 200mm. What is the reading on this scale when a thermometer reads 60oC?
Answer Details
200mm ..... 100oC

Xmm ..... 60oC

400mm ..... 0oC

x − 40 200 − 40  =  60 − 0 100 − 0

X = 136mm

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