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A cup of coffee is heated in a microwave and reaches a temperature of Does the information in the table match with your answer in a)? Why
80 °C. The coffee cup is taken from the oven and exposed to the or why not?
environment at a temperature of 20 °C.

The temperature of the cup will start

to diminish from the moment it is
20 °C pulled out from the oven.

c) Which of the following graphs represent the behavior of the

temperature 𝑇 as a function of the time 𝑡? Explain.
a) Will the speed with which the temperature decreases be constant?
Elaborate.

T T

b) The following table shows the temperature of the coffee cup every 5 80 80
minutes after it was taken from the oven. Graph 1 Graph 2
t (in minutes) T (in degrees)
0 80 23.5 23.5
5 65.2
t t
10 54.1 50 50
15 45.7 T
T
20 39.3
25 34.6 Gráfica 80
Gráfica
80
30 31.0
35 28.3 Graph 3 Graph 4
40 26.2
45 24.6 23.5
23.5
50 23.5
t t
50
50

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