Melting and Boiling
 

Melting and Boiling problem 9


A mercury thermometer with no scale is taped to a ruler as shown. When the thermometer is placed in steam, the mercury level rises to . When the thermometer is placed in pure melting ice, the mercury level falls to .




Which temperature is shown by the mercury level in the figure?










 

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