
Encore Puzzler July 17, 1998: Billowing Smoke
People who live in the Great Frozen North often notice in winter time
that when cars run in the cold weather, white smoke comes out of the tail
pipe, which goes away with the season. It also sometimes goes away if
you run the car for a while.
Part One: Why does the white smoke go
away?
Part Two: At a generating plant not far from here, on a cold
day you can also see the same billowing white clouds of smoke.
However, they can also be seen on some warm days, and some cold days,
no white clouds. Why is this?
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