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1.5 Exercise 21

Avg difficulty 2.5

On a certain dry sunny day, a swimming pool’s temperature would rise by 1.50°C1.50 ° \text{C} if not for evaporation. What fraction of the water must evaporate to carry away precisely enough energy to keep the temperature constant?

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