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ChE Thermodynamics help!

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moarplease
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The following table gives the experimentally measured volume per gram of mercury as a
function of temperature.

T(oC) Volume (cm3gm-1)
0        0.0735560
10      0.0736893
20      0.0738233
30      0.0739572
40      0.0740910
50      0.0742250
60      0.0743592
70      0.0744936
80      0.0746282
90      0.0747631
100    0.0748981

Use the data to estimate the error in the temperature measured by mercury in glass thermometer
which has been calibrated only at 0oC and 100oC. Prepare a graph of your results.
Feb 8 2011 7:12PM
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yamahabdv
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o man its been a long time sense i have had this class
Feb 8 2011 7:22PM
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moarplease
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ya...
Feb 8 2011 7:33PM
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yamahabdv
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where do you go to school at?
Feb 8 2011 7:38PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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maybe graph it first. i'm guessing it should be going at a fixed rate. it looks like it is, but a graph would reveal anything odd. i did this last semester, never this specific type of problem though.
Feb 8 2011 7:45PM
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SkiThe603
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HAHAHA NOOOO
Feb 8 2011 7:50PM
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moarplease
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since it was only calibrated at 0 and 100 degrees I thought I would simply find the slope of those two points, (m=change of y/ change of x) to obtain the actual value.  Then graph all those points, find the trend line, get the slope of that and compare the slopes to find error.  what i soon figured out was that they used the slope of the two calibrated points to obtain the values on the table, therefore yielding the same slope on the graph. 
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