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University Physics Volume 2

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Chapter1: Temperature And Heat

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 58P: A physicist makes a cup of instant coffee and notices that, as the coffee cools, its level drops...

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You are on a date and you come earlier. You ordered two cups of coffee
but you have no wish to drink the coffee alone.
If you want to preserve the hotness
of the coffee, while waiting for your
date, should you add the cream
now, or later by the time your date
Tit
comes?
Why?

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