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Q.

A thermometer has wrong calibrations. It reads melting point of ice as -10°C  and reads 60°C at temperature of 50°C. Temperature of boiling point noted by this thermometer will be (All temperatures are noted at atmospheric pressure)

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a

120°C

b

110°C

c

90°C

d

130°C

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

For a faculty thermometer, if reading is y whereas current reading is x then,
x(LFP)correct  scale(UFPLFP)correct  scale=y(LFP)incorrect  scale(UFPLFP)incorrect  scale 
That means we can view them as two different scales.
   (UFPLFP)incorrect  scale=2×70=140  y(10)=140  y=14010=1300C  

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