Thermometer Height Conversion at Different Temperatures?

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Homework Statement


Constant volume of a thermometer is given(v), given the hieght of a column of mercurey at [tex]T_{o}[/tex] supports, what is he hieght at [tex]T_{2}[/tex]?


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I really don't know, can someone start me off please.
 
Is that the exact way the question is stated? It's confusing. What is meant by "supports"?
 
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Here is exactly what my Prof. says:
a constant-volume thermometer at a certain temperature supports a certain column of mercury. At a different temperature, what would it support?
 
Have you come up with anything? What relates things like pressure, volume and temperature?
 
You mean like:
[tex]\frac{P_{1}V_{1}}{T_{1}}=\frac{P_{2}V_{2}}{T_{2}}[/tex]?