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Speaker 1: Hi Am Marshall Brain with today's question, what is the

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Speaker 1: ideal temperature for a refrigerator? The purpose of a refrigerator

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Speaker 1: is to slow down the growth of bacteria. The purpose

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Speaker 1: them as solid. We would freeze everything if we could,

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Speaker 1: but some foods change dramatically when you freeze them. Let

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Speaker 1: Us and strawberries are two good examples of foods that

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Speaker 1: don't freeze well. It would also be inconvenient to thaw

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Speaker 1: liquids every time you wanted to drink something. Therefore, you

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Speaker 1: want your refrigerator to be cold, but not so cold

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Speaker 1: that it freezes things. The preferred temper sure is somewhere

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Speaker 1: between thirty five and thirty eight degrees fahrenheit. Anything higher

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Speaker 1: and foods will spoil too quickly. Higher temperatures can also

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Speaker 1: create food poisoning problems because warm foods won't cool quickly

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Speaker 1: enough when you put them in the refrigerator. Anything lower

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