At Mountain X, you could boil water in less than 3 minutes. At Mountain Y, it takes you almost 7 minutes to boil the same amount of water. What can be said about the elevations of both mountains?

A. The elevation of both mountains is the same.
B. Mountain X has a higher elevation than Mountain Y.
C. Mountain X has a lower elevation than Mountain Y.
D. Cannot determine from the information given

Water boils at sea level at 100°C at higher heights the boiling point diminishes. That means that at higher heights the time needed to boil water will be lower than at sea level.

In this problem at mountain B is only 3 minutes needed to boil water that means that the height is higher here.

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oeerivona oeerivona · Answer 2 · 2020-02-07T05:23:57+01:00

Answer:

The correct answer is B. Mountain X has a higher elevation than Mountain Y

Explanation:

The boiling point of a liquid reduces as the altitude where the boling takes place increases. With every 500 ft increase in altitude the boiling point of water devreses by 0.5 °C as such the boiling point of water at 8000 ft is just 92 °C. To compenasate cooking at altidude require the use of a pressure cooker as it is hard to boil items such as potatoes at very high altitudes of thousands of feet