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2 marksThermal Measurements

CSEC Physics · January 2009 · Paper 2 · Question 3(b)(ii)

The temperature at the top of a popular waterfall is 22.0 °C. The temperature at its base, 210 m lower, is 22.5 °C.

If the waterfall was twice as tall, determine by how much the water temperature would change from its initial value.

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