2007-03-10 02:44:25 · 12 answers · asked by nanners 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
The answer depends on what scale you are using. If measuring in Kelvin at absolute zero molecules are no longer moving and therefore zero is the lowest that it can go. But in Celsius scale zero is 273.15 above absolute zero so twice as cold would be -136.575 degrees Celsius. If you are measuring in Fahrenheit absolute zero is -459.67 so twice as cold as zero would be
-229.835 degrees F. But actually all this would be rather impossible because the lowest recorded and confirmed temperature on earth is -89.4°C. So i guess this is rather a trick question because it will never get twice as cold tomorow.
2007-03-10 04:26:25 · update #1
Since it is a trick question, there are no "wrong" answers.
One approach, therefore, is to consider "twice as cold" to mean a temperature whereby heat is removed twice as fast.
Assuming that your skin temperature is 27ºC, the Newton's cooling law would say that a -27ºC temperature would result in double the heat loss and would be "twice as cold."
2007-03-10 05:03:45 · answer #1 · answered by arbiter007 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's 0 degrees Celsius and twice as cold the next day it will mathematically be -35.55555555555556 Celsius, but as people have said, in actuality, there is no real answer. I get my number by converting 0 degrees Celsius to Fahrenheit which is 32 and then subtracting 64 from that (twice the number) then converting that number back to Celsius
2007-03-10 11:55:08 · answer #2 · answered by Doyle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
0 times 2.
2007-03-10 11:23:34 · answer #3 · answered by Spud55 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess this is a trick question. Temperature is not a relational scale. In other words, 10 degrees is not really twice as cold as 20 degrees. Heat and cold are perceived measures and have no absolute relation.
2007-03-10 11:10:27 · answer #4 · answered by Mavericks and Jaguars 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, if you mean zero degrees Centigrade then that would be 273 degrees Kelvin. Twice as cold would be about 137 degrees Kelvin or minus 137 degrees Centigrade.
2007-03-10 12:12:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's a question of math, then the answer technically would be zero.
2007-03-10 10:51:43 · answer #6 · answered by magemastercole 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm going with -2 below zero. If you ever find out, let me know.
2007-03-10 11:01:28 · answer #7 · answered by sunkissed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very.
coldness is not quantifyable. temperature is the measure of heat, not coldness. so there's no real answer to your question
2007-03-10 10:48:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We all know there is Cold and Friggin Cold. Which is about twice as cold as cold.
2007-03-10 10:53:37 · answer #9 · answered by Old guy 124 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats a dam good question you got me puzzled ha
2007-03-10 10:48:36 · answer #10 · answered by daniel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋