Question

A student decides to devise a new temperature scale with the freezing and boiling points at 0° X and

70° X. What Celsius temperature would correspond to a temperature of 35° X?
O 50
O 35
O 90
O 70

Answer 1

To convert temperature from the new scale (X) to Celsius, we simply subtract 0 from the value in X and then multiply the resulting number by a factor of 100/70. This gives us the Celsius temperature.

For 35° X, we can use the formula as follows:

C = (35 - 0) * (100/70)

C = 35 * 1.4286

C = 50°C

Therefore, the correct answer is option A, which is 50.