The steam point and the ice point of a mercury thermometer are marked as 800 and 200. What will be the temperature in centigrade mercury scale when this thermometer reads 320
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a
200C
b
300C
c
100C
d
00C
answer is A.
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relation between centigrade thermometer and unknown thermometer is C100=X−LFPUFP−LFP C is reading on centigrade thermometer;X is reading on unknwn thermometer=32 LFP is lower fixed point=20;UFP is upper fixed point=80 substitute given values in above relation ⇒C100=32−2080−20 ⇒C100=1260 ⇒C=1206=200C