A cup of hot coffee initially at 95 degrees C cools to 80 degrees C in 5 min while sitting in a room of temperature 21 degrees C. Using Newton's law of cooling, determine when the temperature of the coffee will be a nice 50 degrees C.

When the temperature of the coffee is 50 °C, the time will be 20.68 mins

Explanation:

Given;

The initial temperature of the coffee T₀ = 95 °C

The temperature of the room = 21°C

Let T be the temperature at time of cooling t in mins

According to Newton's law of cooling;

When the temperature is 50 °C, the time t in min is calculated as;

Therefore, when the temperature of the coffee is 50 °C, the time will be 20.68 mins

acceleration = (change in speed) / (time for the change)

change in speed = (20-120)= -100 m/s.

1.5 min = 90 sec

acceleration = -100/90 = -1.11 m/s^2.

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