Asked by dd

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

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
an electronic temperature probe and a computer

Reason: 0.5 s sampling for 30 min yields 3600 readings, which is impractical to record manually with a liquid thermometer. An electronic probe can sample rapidly and continuously, and a computer can log the data, generate the graph, and insert it into a text document.