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A212 degrees Fahrenheit
B180 degrees Fahrenheit
C100 degrees Fahrenheit
D32 degrees Fahrenheit
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. 212 degrees Fahrenheit
1. Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit on the Fahrenheit scale.
2. Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit on the same scale.
3. 180 degrees Fahrenheit is only the span between those two fixed points, not the boiling point itself.
4. 100 degrees Fahrenheit is the Celsius boiling point, not the Fahrenheit one, so 212 degrees Fahrenheit is correct.
_Source: OpenStax Physics (CC BY 4.0), Ch 11 "Thermal Energy, Heat, and Work", section 11.1 Temperature and Thermal Energy_
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