Silus wants to monitor the temperature of a reaction every 0.5 seconds for 30 minutes. He plans to generate a graph of the temperature values over time and insert the graph into a text document. Which pair of tools would be best for Silus to use?
a liquid-based thermometer and a graphing calculator
a liquid-based thermometer and a computer
an electronic temperature probe and a computer
an electronic temperature probe and a graphing calculator

Question

Silus wants to monitor the temperature of a reaction every 0.5 seconds for 30 minutes. He plans to generate a graph of the temperature values over time and insert the graph into a text document. Which pair of tools would be best for Silus to use?
a liquid-based thermometer and a graphing calculator
a liquid-based thermometer and a computer
an electronic temperature probe and a computer
an electronic temperature probe and a graphing calculator

luffingsails · Answer

What tool do you need for a text document? and What tool do you need to quickly measure temperature?

anonymous · Answer

computer and thermometer

luffingsails · Answer

Right but what kind of thermometer. Do you think a liquid one would work at a half second interval?

anonymous · Answer

a liquid based?

luffingsails · Answer

Right...I was asking if you thought a liquid thermometer would work quickly enough to measure a temperature every half second.

luffingsails · Answer

I think you would need a faster thermometer. So, definitely an electronic thermometer and a computer.