
University Physics Volume 2
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ISBN: 9781938168161
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Chapter 1, Problem 44P
What are the following temperatures on the Kelvin scale?
(a) 68.0 °F, an indoor temperature sometimes recommended for energy conservation in winter
(b) 134 °F, one of the highest atmospheric temperatures ever recorded on Earth (Death Valley, California, 1913)
(c) 9890 °F, the temperature of the surface of the Sun
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