An object is cooled from $75^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ to $65^{\circ} \mathrm{Cin} 2 \mathrm{~min}$. The time, it…

An object is cooled from $75^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ to $65^{\circ} \mathrm{Cin} 2 \mathrm{~min}$. The time, it takes to cool from $55^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ to $45^{\circ} \mathrm{Cis}$ [The temperature of surrounding is $30^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ ]
  1. $9 \mathrm{~min}$
  2. $10 \mathrm{~min}$
  3. $4 \mathrm{~min}$
  4. $8 \mathrm{~min}$

Solution

Taking the newton's law of cooling in average form: $\frac{\Delta Q}{\Delta t}=-K\left(T_{a v g}-T_0\right)$, where $T_{a v}=\frac{T_1+T_2}{2}, K$ is the thermal conductivity. Using, $\Delta Q=m C_P \Delta T$ the heat and heat capacity relation: $\Rightarrow \frac{m C_P \Delta T}{\Delta t}=-K\left(T_{a v g}-T_0\right)$ Case (1) Given soup cools from $75^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ to $65^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ in 2 minutes when the room temperature is $30^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ : $\Rightarrow \frac{m C_P \times 10^{\circ} \mathrm{C}}{2 \min }=-K\left\{\frac{(75+65)^{\circ} \mathrm{C}}{2}-30^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\right\}$ Case (2) Let the soup cools from cool from $55^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ to $45^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ int minutes when the room temperature is $30^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ : $\Rightarrow \frac{m C_P \times 10^{\circ} \mathrm{C}}{\Delta t}=-K\left\{\frac{(55+45)^{\circ} \mathrm{C}}{2}-30^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\right\}$ On taking the ratio of equation (2) \& (1): $\frac{10}{(\Delta t) 5}=\frac{20}{40}$ $\Rightarrow \Delta t=4 \mathrm{~min}$

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