A Glass Thermometer Using a Thin Column of Ethyl Alcohol $\times$

Multiple Choice

A glass thermometer using a thin column of ethyl alcohol at room temperature (293.0 K) is cooled.When the temperature reaches 273.0 K the column of alcohol is 15.50 cm high.How tall was it when the temperature was 293.0 K? The coefficient of volume expansion of mercury is 1120 $\times$ 10^-6 K^-1.

A) 15.85 cm
B) 15.86 cm
C) Cannot answer without knowing the diameter of the column
D) 15.62 cm