2007-10-26 07:10:13 · 12 answers · asked by jude m 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
It will be colder than a well digger's *** in January.
2007-10-26 07:14:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
First, let me say that people should stop asking this stupid question, and if they really want it answered, they need to specify the units of temperature. If the units are Kelvins, then twice as cold will still be zero, since 0/2 =0 K. If the units are celsius, then the temperature will be 273/2 -273 = -137 C. If the units are Fahrenheit, then the temperature will 460/2 -460 = -230 F.
But let me repeat, it's a stupid question, no sensible person would ever phrase a statement like that.
2007-10-26 17:42:59 · answer #2 · answered by pegminer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The official coldness would depend on what you mean by 0 degrees. Assuming you mean Degrees C, as any reasonable discussion of temperature should, absolute temperaure can be used to devise a "twice as cold" answer. Zero is actully 273centegrades above the absolutel lowest temperature, so twice as cold would be 273/2 = about 186 degrees below the temperature of freezing water. Or very close to the same temperature as which freezes nitrogen out of the air. This cold is deadly cold and earth never gets so cold, not anywhere on teh planet ever. So you could then go ahead and say that whoever said it was going to be twice as cold ... is a moron.
2007-10-26 14:18:10 · answer #3 · answered by billgoats79 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Assume Celcius. 0 degrees is 32 Fahrenheit.
Tommrrow's temperature willl be 16 Fahrenheit. Convert it back to Celcius.
(16-32)*5/9=-16(5/9)=-80/9=-9 degrees Celcius (approximately).
2007-10-26 14:41:52 · answer #4 · answered by cidyah 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Socially speaking, when people say "twice as cold," they usually mean "twice as far from a normal temperature." So if normal temp is about 25 deg C, then -25 deg C is about twice as far as 0 deg C from normal temperature. Obviously, this is up for some debate, because people don't experience temperature linearly, but it would be fair to say that "twice as cold" is somewhere between -25 deg C and 0 deg C.
Or you could just tell whoever asks he's a dumba**
2007-10-26 14:40:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
0*2=0
2007-10-26 14:12:53 · answer #6 · answered by kyle f 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It's the conversion. If it is 0 degrees Celsius, then twice as cold is 0 degrees F. It also works the other way, if it is 0 degrees Fahrenheit then twice as cold is 0 degrees Celsius.
2007-10-26 14:20:09 · answer #7 · answered by knightest 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It all depends which scale you are using : Kelvin, Centigrade, Farenheit , Reaumur. In the most absolute terms you should use the Kelvin scale and "translate" the values to absolute values of that scale and then perform a proportional calculation.
2007-10-26 14:27:09 · answer #8 · answered by Dr. House 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are two references we could use
NTP and -273
if we take 20 C as NTP then -20 would be twice as cold
so you are at +273, so twice as cold is -136.5 C (or 136.5K)
2007-10-26 14:25:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
it will be minus 2 degrees, or 2 below
2007-10-26 14:29:34 · answer #10 · answered by rusgood@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
-2 degrees
2007-10-26 14:22:45 · answer #11 · answered by [[bubbles]]<3Aaron 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋