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  • Apr 9, 2010, 03:14 AM
    namandrew
    I need help on a Calculus problem
    a cup of coffee at 95 degrees Celsius is put into a 25 degree Celsius room when t=0. The coffee's temperature,f(t), is changing at a rate given by f'(t)=-5(0.6)^t degrees Celsius per minute, where t is in minutes. Estimate the coffee's temperature when t=10.
  • Apr 9, 2010, 04:07 AM
    Curlyben
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  • Apr 9, 2010, 11:03 AM
    galactus

    Here is one way to go about it.

    Newton's Cooling Law says that, in this case:





    Integrate and get:



    But, at t=0, the coffee is T=95.

    Therefore, subbing in T=95 and t=0, we find that C=ln(70).

    But, we are also told that



    So, we have:



    Sub in t=10 and solve for T to find the coffee temp. at t=10.

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