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3.18 Newton’s Law of Cooling

The rate of change of temperature with respect to time of a body is proportional to minus the difference between the temperature of the body and its surroundings.

Example

Suppose that the room temperature is 20C20C and we pour boiling water from a kettle into a cup. At time xx seconds later, let SS be the difference between the water temperature in the cup and the room temperature, and suppose that the rate of cooling is k=0.01C/sk=0.01C/s. For how long do we need to wait until the coffee is drinkable at 60C60C?