Newton’s Law of Cooling

The rate of change in the temperature of a body is directly proportional

to the difference in temperature between the body and its environment
 Athermometer reading is is brought into a room where the temperature is ; 1 minute later
the temperature reading is . Determine the temperature reading as a function of time and
in particular, Find the temperature reading 5 minutes after the thermometer is first brought
into the room.
 Athermometer reading is taken out where the temperature is . The reading is , 4 minutes
later.
Find a. the thermometer reading 7 minutes after the thermometer brought outside, and
b. the time taken for the reading to drop from to within the half degree of the air
temperature.
Exponential Growth or Decay
Certain types of substances decompose at a rate proportional to the amount at any
instant: a chemical process known as “exponential decay”.
A colony of bacteria may increase at a rate which varies directly as its number at any
time: a relative but opposite process known as “exponential growth”
Radium decomposes at a rate proportional to the amount present. In 100 years, 100mg of radium decompose to 96mg.
How many mg will be left after another 100 years? What is the “half life” (the time required to decompose half of the initial
amount) of radium?
The population of a certain community follows the law of exponential change. If the present population of the community is
144,000 and ten years ago was 100,000 when will the population double? In ten years what will be the population of the
community?