A pot of boiling water is open to the atmosphere when, at time 0, the pot is

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A pot of boiling water is open to the atmosphere when, at time 0, the pot is sealed by a tight lid so no gas can escape. With continued heating, the water continues to boil. As best you can, estimate how the temperature changes with time and plot it on the following graph. You may assume that the amount of water that evaporates (the evaporation rate) stays constant with time. Explain your answer.

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