Q.

A body cools from 60C to 50C in 10 minutes. If the room temperature is 25C and assuming Newton’s law of cooling to hold good, the temperature of the body at the end of the next 10 minutes will be

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a

38.5C

b

40C

c

42.85C

d

45C

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

According to Newton’s law of cooling α(TT0), where T is the average temperature in the given time interval. Hence

(6050)10α(60+50225) and

  (50T)10α(50+T225)

Solving we get, T = 42.85C

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