Objects do not get cold, they ??? increase temperature

create kinetic energy

lose thermal energy

gain thermal energy

Objects do not get cold, they

=》 lose thermal energy

Explanation:

if the temperature around any object is cool, or if the object is in contact with cold object, the heat ( thermal energy ) transfers from that object to cooler environment, and that's how the object starts being cold.

9.9 years

a = p(1 + rt) . . account balance after time t at rate r starting with principal p

3000 = 2500(1 + 0.0202t) . . filling in the given numbers

1.2 = 1 + 0.0202t . . divide by 2500

0.2 = 0.0202t . . . subtract 1

0.2/0.0202 = t ≈ 9.901

it will take about 9.9 years for the account balance to reach $3000.