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On a Fahrenhe...

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On a Fahrenheit scale, the distance between the ice point and steam point is $18 c m$ Length of a degree on the thermometer is x then $\frac{1}{x}$

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There are 180 cuts in fahrenheit scale hence $1^{o} F = 18 c m / 180 = 0.1 c m$
HEnce the answer is $0.1 c m$

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