A faulty thermometer reads 5 °C in melting ice and 99 °C in steam. Find the correct temperature in °F; when this faulty thermometer reads 52 °C.

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We need to find the correction factor to estimate the right temperature. By doing extrapolation between the 5°c and 99°C it was found 0.06 to be the correction factor for 1°c. Hence the answer is 122.48 °F
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