SOLUTION: The boiling point of water is lower at higher altitudes. Water boils at 212 at sea
level and 194 at 10,000 ft. What is the percent decrease in the temperatures, to
the near
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Question 1201616: The boiling point of water is lower at higher altitudes. Water boils at 212 at sea
level and 194 at 10,000 ft. What is the percent decrease in the temperatures, to
the nearest tenth of a percent?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
. Water boils at 212 at sea level
and 194 at 10,000 ft.
percentage decreas = Difference / original temperature 9THE ONE WE ARE COMPARING)
= 8.49%
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