Suppose the dew point of cold outside air is the same as the dew point of the air indoors. If the door is opened and cold air replaces some of the warm air, then the new relative humidity indoors would be?

a. ?lower than before.
b. ?higher than before.
c. ?the same as before.
d. ?impossible to tell from the information given
e. ?zero


ANSWER: b

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