The distance between the fixed points of a centigrade thermometer is 20cm. What is the temperature when the mercury level is 4.5cm above the lower mark?

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Physics - 1987 Subject: Physics

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The distance between the fixed points of a centigrade thermometer is 20cm. What is the temperature when the mercury level is 4.5cm above the lower mark?
Answer Details
20cm .... 100oC

4.5cm ....  θ

0cm ....0oC

4.5 − 0 20 − 0  =  0 − 0 100 − 0

θ  = 22.5oC

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