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A cup of coffee cools from 90°C to 80°C in t min, when the room temperature is 20°C. The time taken by a similar cup of coffee to cool from 80°C to 60°C at a room temperature same at 20°C is :
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Options:
  • A 1310t
  • B 1013t
  • C 135t
  • D 513t
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 135t

From Newton's Law of cooling,

ΔTΔt=kT-Ts

where,

T2-T1t-kT1+T22-TsTs

Where, T1= Initial temperature of body

T2= Final temperature of body

Ts= surrounding temperature

t= time taken

For case1,

90-80t=k90+802-20

10t=65k

k=1065t   i

For case 2 ,

80-60t'=k80+602-20

20t'=50k

Put the value k from eq.i,

20t'=50×1065t

t'=20×65500t

t'=135t

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