If its 0 degrees today, and tomorrow is supposed to be twice as cold, what temperature will it be tomorrow?
2007-08-04 08:40:44 · 12 answers · asked by BiscuitFromMars 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Farenheit. im using farenheit. why would i use celsius.
2007-08-04 09:08:10 · update #1
Trick question but it does have a real answer which is 459.67° Fahrenheit.
Temperatures are measured on different scales - Fahrenheit, Celsius (Centigrade), Kelvin and Rankine but only the Kelvin and Rankine scales are relative and that's because the coldest possible temperature (absolute zero) is the starting point for both these scales. With Celsius and Fahrenheit temps can be both above and below zero. In other words, 0°F isn't the coldest it can be.
Temp measures the amount of heat that is present and when the temp is 0°F it means there's already 459.67 degrees of heat present (-459.67°F is the coldest possible temperature). 0°F = 459.67°F of heat present.
What your question is saying is - there's 459.67°F of heat present today, there'll be twice as much tomorrow, what temp will it be tomorrow (twice as cold, twice as hot makes no difference, twice anything is the same as multiplying by 2).
So tomorrow there will be 919.34 (459.67 x 2) of heat present but this is measured relative to absolute zero, to convert to Fahrenheit we have to deduct 459.67 so the temp tomorrow will be 459.67°F.
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As mentioned above by lithiumdeuteride, if you take 'twice as cold' as being the same as 'half as hot' then the answer would be 229.84°F (459.67 ÷ 2)
If 0°F was the coldest possible temp (which it isn't) then twice as cold (half as hot) would still be 0°F.
2007-08-04 17:51:10 · answer #1 · answered by Trevor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is meaningless. There is no scientific definition for "coldness". There is only "less heat". You cannot double the amount of heat you are "missing". All objects have a temperature greater than absolute zero.
However, if you defined "twice as cold" as meaning "half as hot", then you need to convert to an absolute temperature scale (such as Kelvin or Rankine). I'm assuming you meant 0 degrees Celsius:
0 Celsius = 273.15 Kelvin
half as hot = 136.575 Kelvin = -136.575 Celsius
2007-08-04 08:47:45 · answer #2 · answered by lithiumdeuteride 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
0 degrees. 2 x 0 =0
2007-08-04 08:48:53 · answer #3 · answered by jellybeanmom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-35.5555 Celsius. because 0 Farenheit is -17.77777 Celsius so just convert it and it would be around -31.9 Fahrenheit
2007-08-04 08:47:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Farenheit,I would say -32 degrees
2007-08-04 08:44:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
0 degrees is -32 Far so one could say it would be another 32 deg which would be -32deg fah. But this supposes the 32deg fah is what you regard as cold but other people might think differently. You could also say that twice times zero is still zero.
2007-08-04 09:43:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-08-04 08:52:13 · answer #7 · answered by Emmanuel M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um... 10 degrees Celsius?
2007-08-04 13:03:54 · answer #8 · answered by lunk_funk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same?
2007-08-04 09:37:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
tomorrow? who knows?
byw, heat & temperature is two different thing.
2007-08-04 09:02:00 · answer #10 · answered by kkviolet 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋