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Question
What is relative humidity? How does it differ from absolute humidity?
Solution
The relative humidity is the ratio of the actual amount of water vapour present in the air and the total amount the air can hold at a given temperature. It is expressed in percentage.
While absolute humidity is measured in grams per cubic meter.
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