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when a thermometer is taken from the melting ice to a warm liquid, the mercury level rises to `(2)/(5)th` of the distance between the lower and the upper fixed points. Find the temperature of liquid in ` .^(@)C` and K.

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`40^(@)C, 313.15K`
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