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Two mercury-expansion thermometers have identical reservoirs and cylindrical tubes made of...

Two mercury-expansion thermometers have identical reservoirs and cylindrical tubes made of the same glass but of different diameters. Which of the two thermometers can be graduated to a better resolution?

a) The thermometer with the smaller diameter tube will have better resolution.

b) The thermometer with the larger diameter tube will have better resolution.

c) The diameter of the tube is irrelevant; it is only the volume expansion coefficient of mercury that matters.

d) Not enough information is given to tell.

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