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The mercury manometer shown in Figure is attached to a gas cell. The mercury height h is 1...

The mercury manometer shown in Figure is attached to a gas cell. The mercury height h is 120 mm when the cell is placed in an ice-water mixture. The mercury height drops to 30 mm when the device is carried into an industrial freezer. What is the freezer temperature?

Hint: The right tube of the manometer is much narrower than the left tube. What reasonable assumption can you make about the gas volume?

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