Math, asked by neiltyson, 1 year ago

If the temperature of this morning is 0 degrees and the weather channel says "It will be twice as cold tomorrow. " What will the temperature be?

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Answered by creativeworld1
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Coldness is really just the absence of heat, and it doesn't make much sense to talk about multiples of the absence of a property. One could suppose that "twice as cold" means "half as warm." However, 0 degrees (whether Celcius or Fahrenheit) is an arbitrary reference point. 50 degrees Fahrenheit isn't "half as warm" as 100 degrees Fahrenheit any more than 15 degrees Fahrenheit is "twice as cold" as 30 degrees Fahrenheit. Think about it this way: would you say that 2 degrees Fahrenheit is "twice as cold" as 4 degrees Fahrenheit? Probably not, since these very cold temperatures are very close together and you probably couldn't tell the difference between them without a sensitive thermometer. If you use an absolute temperature reference (i.e., "absolute zero," which is -273 degrees Celcius, or 0 degrees on the absolute Kelvin and Rankine scales), then you can describe temperatures as being "half as warm" and it would actually be meaningful. However, these temperature scales are never used in weather forecasts.

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Answered by Spartan117Himanshu
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It depends on the the day before it was 0 degrees the difference b/w the temp will decide the answer.... Mark as brainliest i want to upgrade my rank

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