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A body cools from a temperature 3T3T to 2T2T in 10 minutes10\text{ minutes}. The room temperature is TT. Assume that Newton's law of cooling is applicable. The temperature of the body at the end of next 10 minutes10\text{ minutes} will be:

A

74T\frac{7}{4}T

B

32T\frac{3}{2}T

C

43T\frac{4}{3}T

D

TT

Step-by-Step Solution

According to the average form of Newton's law of cooling: T1T2t=K(T1+T22Ts)\frac{T_1 - T_2}{t} = K \left( \frac{T_1 + T_2}{2} - T_s \right) where TsT_s is the surrounding (room) temperature.

For the first 10 minutes10\text{ minutes}: 3T2T10=K(3T+2T2T)\frac{3T - 2T}{10} = K \left( \frac{3T + 2T}{2} - T \right) T10=K(5T2T)\frac{T}{10} = K \left( \frac{5T}{2} - T \right) T10=K(3T2)\frac{T}{10} = K \left( \frac{3T}{2} \right) ... (i)

For the next 10 minutes10\text{ minutes}, let the final temperature be TT': 2TT10=K(2T+T2T)\frac{2T - T'}{10} = K \left( \frac{2T + T'}{2} - T \right) 2TT10=K(2T+T2T2)\frac{2T - T'}{10} = K \left( \frac{2T + T' - 2T}{2} \right) 2TT10=K(T2)\frac{2T - T'}{10} = K \left( \frac{T'}{2} \right) ... (ii)

Dividing equation (i) by (ii), we get: T102TT10=K(3T2)K(T2)\frac{\frac{T}{10}}{\frac{2T - T'}{10}} = \frac{K \left( \frac{3T}{2} \right)}{K \left( \frac{T'}{2} \right)} T2TT=3TT\frac{T}{2T - T'} = \frac{3T}{T'} T=3(2TT)T' = 3(2T - T') T=6T3TT' = 6T - 3T' 4T=6T4T' = 6T T=6T4=32TT' = \frac{6T}{4} = \frac{3}{2}T

Therefore, the temperature of the body at the end of next 10 minutes10\text{ minutes} will be 32T\frac{3}{2}T.

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