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2 marksDesign and Use of Thermometers

CAPE Physics Unit 1 · 2015 · Paper 2 · Question 3(e)(ii)

The relationship between the resistance, R, of a wire at temperature t/°C as measured by a mercury thermometer, and the resistance, R_0, at 0 °C is given by R = R_0 / (1 + αt^2), where α = 5.0 × 10^-5 °C^-2.

If the resistance of the wire is used as a thermometric property, what is the temperature reading of the resistance thermometer when the reading on the mercury thermometer is 80 °C?

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