Hm.
2006-07-26 09:02:51 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
trick question of course but could be figured out by using the celcius conversion.
2006-07-26 09:07:12 · answer #1 · answered by Bistro 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Twice as cold as what?
If you're going to be scientific, 0°F comes out to 255.4 Kelvin. That is the absolute temperature scale. Half of that is 127.7 K, which converts bac to -229.8°F.
Obviously that's not what they meant. However. 0/2=0 can't be the right answer either.
Usually when you say "twice as cold", it's "twice colder than some reference". If it's supposed to be only freezing, then you'd say -32°F. If it's supposed to be room temperature, it's going to be -72°F tomorrow. And so forth.
However, using multipliers like "twice" in measurements is a fundamentally meaningless word, so trying to figure out what you mean is just an academic exercise. The only real use is the above scientific definition. Take gas laws for instance. If you have a balloon that's 1 liter, and you compress it to half a liter, and you want the pressure to stay the same, it's going to have to be really "half as warm" in the scientific sense.
Even more, you can't really say "twice as cold" scientifically. There is no cold, only the absence of warmth.
2006-07-26 09:14:47 · answer #2 · answered by geofft 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK......here it goes, hope u understand my logic. Since temperature can be converted between Celsius and kelvin, this wouldn't make sense either, because if the answer was 0, in Celsius, it would be 32 degrees....so how would u explain that the answer would be 0? It can't be 0, because if used the same math logic with the Celsius conversion for 0 degrees Fahrenheit, which is 32, it can't be 0, because 32 divide by 2 ain't 0 but 0 degrees Fahrenheit divide 2=0. Am i right?? If u use this logic, there is no answer because twice as cold cannot be absolutely or scientifically defined.
2006-07-26 09:14:40 · answer #3 · answered by Richard 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question can not be answered because degrees Centigrade and Fahrenheit are not measures of coldness. They are measures of temperature on a scale. In the case of degrees Centigrade the scale is based on the temperatures that water freezes (0 degrees C) and the temperature at which it boils (100 degrees C).
As far as I am aware. There is not measure of coldness. If there was a measure of coldness. And it was at lets say today it was coldness 10. Then twice as cold would be coldness 20. So the answer would be simple.
But in your question there is no coldness value. Therefore it cannot be answered.
2006-07-26 09:30:19 · answer #4 · answered by Weasel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The concept of "twice as cold" is not well defined. A possible definition would be in terms of absolute temperature, in which case tomorrow's temperature will be -230 F. Not even the south pole gets that cold.
2006-07-26 09:10:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That question can't be answered properly...
For example... if you KEEP the temperatuer in Fahrenheit, then the answer, of course, would be 0*
But if you were to convert 0*F to Celsius, you'd get -18*C... which, would, logically be -36*c if it was twice as cold.
Converted back, that would be -33*F
So.. the logic doesn't hold.
Gets even stranger when you convert it to Kelvin... because 0*F is equal to approximately 255*K ... so, do you double it, or half it?
Assuming that you half it, then that would be 127.5*K which translates to -230*F ...
So... the answer is, DAMN cold.
2006-07-26 09:08:28 · answer #6 · answered by Village Idiot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say you actually could have twice as cold, if you look at it as a measure of how far off the norm it is. For example, if the norm temp for that time of year is 5F and it's now 0F, then it's 5 degrees colder than is normal for that time of year. So if it's twice as cold tomorrow it means it would be 10 degrees colder than the norm, or -5F
2006-07-26 09:08:28 · answer #7 · answered by butireallyam_nikkijd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that would be 0*F
2006-07-26 09:04:37 · answer #8 · answered by almondjoy_1000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on how much the weather dropped.... if it went from 30 degrees F to 0 degrees F and it's twice as cold tomorrow, then tomorrow it'll be -30 degree F. ya feel me?
2006-07-26 09:07:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question is irrelevant because temperature measurements are a continuous variable, not discrete. Therefore, it makes no sense to compare temperature values as ratios, i.e. saying it will be "twice" as cold.
2006-07-26 09:05:53 · answer #10 · answered by murzun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here in Alaska, 0*F is pretty warm. What you want to watch out for is the below -40*F. Then your breath starts freezing!
2006-07-26 09:05:40 · answer #11 · answered by emma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋