A faulty thermometer has its fixed points marked $5^o$ and $95^o$. This thermometer reads the temperature of a body as $59^o$. Then, the correct temperature of the body on the Celsius scale is ...... $^o$

  • A

    $59$

  • B

    $60$

  • C

    $48.6$

  • D

    $58$

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