If it is 0 degrees celcius today, and it is twice as cold tomorow, how cold is it?
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Anonymous2007-02-22 20:43 ID:JdzeDLhv
Twice as cold implies a measuring point in the past that the first temperature is relative to. Without that past temperature to judge by, this question is unanswerable.
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Anonymous2007-02-22 21:05 ID:t6ITZw9L
you have to use an absolute scale like Kelvin.
0 C = 273.15 K
i.e tmr will be 136.575K = -136.575K
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Anonymous2007-02-22 23:02 ID:+WFVWlJy
>>3
So much win on the science, yet so much fail on the math.
You can only have cold relative to another thing, usually freezing, boiling, or absolute zero
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AIDS2007-02-23 16:45 ID:UxbryDYQ
given that by twice as cold you mean half as hot on an absolute zero scale:
0C = 273K
/2= 136.5K
change it back to C = 136.5 - 273 =
-136.5 C
just like >>3 said
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Anonymous2007-02-23 17:03 ID:Wm1L4HZv
Do people actually say twice as cold, thrice as cold, etc?
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Anonymous2007-02-23 19:02 ID:H/6vTO87
>>11
By people, do you mean the masses (most of whom still need to be convinced that cold does not exist) or scientists?