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Two identical cars are parked in the sun on a warm day. One car is black and the other is white. Both cars are parked for three hours. Explain whether there is any temperature difference inside the black car and the white car after 3 hours.

User Hassan Yousuf
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black car will be much more hotter than the white car due to the black paint on the car. this is because the black color absorbs and reflects the light making the temperature rise (in the car)
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black will be hotter because black paint absorbs light and white reflects it.

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