Suppose coffee has a temperature of 200 degrees F when freshly poured, and the room temperature is 72 degrees F. In this exercise use Newton's law of cooling, that is, the rate of change of the temperature of an object is proportional to the difference between its temperature and the ambient temperature, which can be written as dT/dt = -k(T-Ta). (a) What IVP does the temperature of the coffee satisfy? (b) What is the solution of the IVP? (c) If the coffee cools to 136 degrees F in five minutes, what is the value of k? (d) When does the coffee reach a temperature of 150 degrees F?

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Suppose coffee has a temperature of 200 degrees F when freshly poured, and the room temperature is 72 degrees F. In this exercise use Newton's law of cooling, that is, the rate of change of the temperature of an object is proportional to the difference between its temperature and the ambient temperature, which can be written as dT/dt = -k(T-Ta).

(a) What IVP does the temperature of the coffee satisfy?

(b) What is the solution of the IVP?

(c) If the coffee cools to 136 degrees F in five minutes, what is the value of k?

(d) When does the coffee reach a temperature of 150 degrees F?

 

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Given information:

The initial temperature of the coffee (T0) = 2000 F

The ambient temperature (Ta) = 720 F

The rate of change of temperature is given as:

dTdt=-kT-Ta

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