Understanding Newton's Law of Cooling

Understanding Newton's Law of Cooling

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics, Physics, Science

10th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Liam Anderson

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The video tutorial explains how to calculate the average temperature of a cup of coffee over 32 minutes using Newton's Law of Cooling. It introduces the problem, explains the average value formula, and demonstrates the integration process using U-substitution. The tutorial concludes with the final calculation of the average temperature, which is approximately 76.4°C.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the initial temperature of the coffee?

21° C

96° C

32° C

50° C

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to Newton's law of cooling, what is the ambient air temperature in the room?

32° C

50° C

96° C

21° C

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the purpose of finding the average function value over a closed interval?

To find the maximum temperature

To determine the initial temperature

To calculate the average temperature over time

To measure the cooling rate

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the average value formula, what does 'B' represent?

The initial temperature

The final temperature

The end of the time interval

The start of the time interval

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What mathematical technique is used to integrate the second term in the function?

Integration by parts

Partial fraction decomposition

U substitution

Trigonometric substitution

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the value of the extra factor introduced during integration?

-50

50

-3750

3750

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

At what time points is the integral evaluated to find the average temperature?

21 and 32

32 and 50

0 and 21

0 and 32

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