i live in denver wich is like 5thousand something miles above sea level and the boiling point of water is 95degrees C so how high above sea level would a place that has water with a boiling point of 83 degrees have to be?
2006-12-13 09:18:50 · 5 answers · asked by andrew 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
\there is no 'average'boiling point of water. It is constant at 100 deg C an NTP (Normal temperature and pressure) at sea level. Naturally if pressure changes such as by higher altitudes the boiling point will drop also as the water is more readily turned into water vapour.
To find the answer to your question you need to invoke Avogadro's formula or barometric formula. I'll let you find it.
2006-12-13 09:31:02 · answer #1 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The boiling point usually doesn't change. However, mathematically, it should be 5723 feet above sea level.
Reasoning:
95 x
------- = ------
83 5000
It is an inverse porportion because as the elevation increases, the boiling point decreases.
You cross multiply
83x = 475000
You simplify.
x = 5722.8915662650602409638554216867...
So you would have to be about 5723 feet above sea level for the boiling point of C to be 83 degrees.
2006-12-13 17:44:06 · answer #2 · answered by ttttrrrr042002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daryll's right... im guessing 17,000 feet also but there are almost definetly some variables involved beyond a certain amount of height... in fatc it might not even be height thats affecting the boiling point... maybe air pressure or somthing.
2006-12-13 17:28:41 · answer #3 · answered by pianoman2011 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
17 thousand feet,
if you 5 thousand feet up and boiling point dropped 5 degrees that would mean that every thousand feet the degree drops by 1....
2006-12-13 17:23:24 · answer #4 · answered by daryl7772003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a linear change, I can say that.
I will check it out...
It's about 16000 feet, give or take.
2006-12-13 17:26:53 · answer #5 · answered by powhound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋