Chapter 17.1, Problem 17.1TYU

You put a thermometer in a pot of hot water and record the reading. What temperature have you recorded? (i) The temperature of the water; (ii) the temperature of the thermometer; (iii) an equal average of the temperatures of the water and thermometer; (iv) a weighted average of the temperatures of the water and thermometer, with more emphasis on the temperature of the water; (v) a weighted average of the water and thermometer, with more emphasis on the temperature of the thermometer.