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if today the temperature is 0 degrees centigrade, and tomorrow it will be twice as cold, what temperature will it be tomorrow ???

i couldnt find an answer to this, maybe you could ???

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Reply 1

sqa7

-1 degrees?

....don't ask me

Reply 2

Fusion

there isn't an answer

Reply 3

Kard

Convert into Farenheit?

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kornkamper

if today the temperature is 0 degrees centigrade, and tomorrow it will be twice as cold, what temperature will it be tomorrow ???

i couldnt find an answer to this, maybe you could ???

0 degrees.

But....with more.....wind....

I DUNNO :frown:

I suck many muchly at riddles.

Reply 6

jamlan

Either it'll be 0 (though i doubt it) or convert it into Kelvin

Reply 7

idiopathic

kornkamper

if today the temperature is 0 degrees centigrade, and tomorrow it will be twice as cold, what temperature will it be tomorrow ???

i couldnt find an answer to this, maybe you could ???

This is more of a physics misconception :rolleyes:

You have to, in simple terms, "standardise".
0 degrees celcius = 273 Kelvins

"twice as cold" I guess means half the temp: => 273/2 = 136.5 K,

Reply 8

homoterror

endeavour

This is more of a physics misconception :rolleyes:

You have to, in simple terms, "standardise".
0 degrees celcius = 273 Kelvins

"twice as cold" I guess means half the temp: => 273/2 = 136.5 K

does this mean you have to be infinity cold to be zero K?

Reply 9

TKR

you have to define cold - i.e. if u consider cold to be less than 10 degrees then twice as cold would be -10 degrees... but as there is no definition of cold, there isn't really an answer?

Reply 10

Mr Brightside

16 degrees fahrenheit or -8.8888 (recurring) centigrade. Convert 0C into fahrenheit, half it and find the centigrade equivalent. Thank you.

Reply 11

Kard

True, the weather doesn't stop doing it's thing just because humans say it can't :P

Reply 12

Mr Brightside

Sorry, some1 got there before me, hadn't refreshed page. lol.

Reply 13

Mr Brightside

Myself and Owain got it right, -8.88888 C

Reply 14

idiopathic

homoterror

does this mean you have to be infinity cold to be zero K?

You have to be at "absolute zero" (-273 degrees C = 0 Kelvin) (a temperature where all molecular movement stops).

Reply 15

Fusion

how do you make 2,10,10 into 950???????

Reply 16

jamlan

Woodsy

Myself and Owain got it right, -8.88888 C

But isn't Farenheit just just some arbitrary scale with no rhyme or reason? :confused:

Why use that? :confused:

Reply 17

DaveManUK

i agree with jamian wheres the logic in converting to that? say for example, it is 0 farenhiet do you convert to celcius and divide by two??

Reply 18

Mr Brightside

The nature of centigrade is based on freezing and boiling point of water - it was correct to convert to fahrenheit, because what can you do with 0c? The answer is nothing, but it represents 32F, so twice as cold is 16F, and if you convert that to centigrade you get -8.8888 c. Easy.

Reply 19

Mr Brightside

DaveManUK

i agree with jamian wheres the logic in converting to that? say for example, it is 0 farenhiet do you convert to celcius and divide by two??

Yeh,because the logic is you can't work with ZERO. For all units you can convert a ZERO number into another form and work it out that way. Only way it can be done.