Question

Abida andRamesh were doing an experiment in which water was to be heated in abeaker. Abida kept the beaker near the wick in the yellow part of thecandle flame. Ramesh kept the beaker in the outermost part of theflame. Whose water will get heated in a shorter time?

Answer 1

Thewater in the Ramesh’s beaker willheat up in a shorter time. This is because the outermost zone of aflame is the hottest zone, while the yellow zone (in which Abida hadkept the beaker) is less hot.