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Is the temperature in a room dependent on the room's contents? See details.

Asked by Nullo (22009points) January 13th, 2012

For the purposes of this exercise, let us assume that the room is at room temperature, and perfectly insulated; there will be no heat coming in from or escaping to the space beyond it.
Now let us introduce a block of ice into this hypothetical space, which subsequently melts.

Does the room’s temperature decrease in accordance with the amount of ice that was melted, and remain lowered as a result?

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