A liquid cools from $50^oC$ to $45^oC$ in 5 minutes and from $45 ^o C$ to $41.5 ^o C$ in the next $5$ minutes. The temperature of the surrounding is ...... $^oC$

  • A

    $27$

  • B

    $40.3$

  • C

    $23.3 $

  • D

    $33.3$

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