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Himanshu has three buckets as shown below. He puts his right-hand in bucket A and left-hand in bucket B. He then puts both of his hands in normal water. His right-hand feels that the water here is hotter while his left-hand feels that the water here is colder.


What can you conclude from this?

A
Water in bucket A is hotter than water in bucket B
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Water in bucket B is hotter than water in bucket A
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Water in bucket A and B are equally hot
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Water in bucket A and B are equally cold
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Solution

The correct option is B Water in bucket B is hotter than water in bucket A

We know that heat flows from a hot body to a cold body.

Himanshu's right hand felt hotter after dipping in normal water. This means that the water in the normal bucket is at a temperature that is higher than that of bucket A.
Similarly, we can conclude that the water in the normal bucket is at a temperature lower than that of water in bucket B because his left-hand felt colder here.

Temperature of the buckets in the increasing order is:
Bucket A < Normal bucket < Bucket B.
Therefore, bucket A has cold water whereas bucket B has hot water, compared to the water in the normal bucket.


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