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A faulty thermometer has an ice point at 5C and the steam point at 105C. What would be the temperature shown by this thermometer of the human body? (Assume correct temperature of human body is 37C)
a. 34.8C
b. 39.3C
c. 35.7C
d. 41.5C

Answer
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Hint: The ice point of water is 0C and boiling point of water is 100C. But in the question we are provided with the faulty thermometer which has faulty readings. We can compare the difference of upper and lower fixed points of a normal thermometer and the faulty thermometer to find the reading of temperature of a normal human body.

Complete answer:
The temperature is measured in degrees Celsius for a normal scale of temperature. The water has an ice point at 0C while it starts boiling at 100C. According to the question, the given thermometer shows ice point at 5C and water starts boiling at 105C which is the fault in the thermometer. Therefore it will also show some fault in the normal temperature of the human body which in actuality is 37C. Despite the faults in readings, the common factor for both faulty and normal thermometers is the difference of lower and upper fixed points. Therefore we will compare this difference of both the thermometer and thus hereby we will get the fault value of temperature for normal body temperature of humans.
Therefore for correct thermometer, we can write
= Normal body temperature - lower fixed pointUpper fixed point - lower fixed point
= 37 - 0100 - 0
= 37 100  ________________(1)
Similarly we can write for faulty thermometer, we can write
= Faulty body temperature - lower fixed pointUpper fixed point - lower fixed point
= X - (5)105 - (5)
= X + 5110 _______________(2)
On comparing both the equations we will get,
 37 100  = X + 5110
 X = 35.7C
Thus the faulty thermometer will show normal body human temperature as 35.7C which is less than the actual body temperature.
And hence the correct answer is option C.

Note:
The difference between the upper fixed point and the lower fixed point is constant for all thermometers. Therefore we can compare this difference for faulty and original thermometers. All the temperatures should be in degrees celsius for comparison. This ratio is also called the principle of calorimetry.