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Hot water cools from $60\,^oC$ to $50\,^oC$ in the first $10\,minutes$ and to $42\,^oC$ in the next $10\,minutes$. The temperature of the surroundings is ......... $^oC$
$30$
$20$
$15$
$25$
Solution
$\frac{\mathrm{T}_{1}-\mathrm{T}_{2}}{\mathrm{t}}=\mathrm{K}\left(\frac{\mathrm{T}_{1}+\mathrm{T}_{2}}{2}-\mathrm{T}_{0}\right)$
$\frac{60-50}{10}=\mathrm{K}\left(55-\mathrm{T}_{0}\right)$
$1=\mathrm{K}\left(50-\mathrm{T}_{0}\right)$ $…(1)$
$\frac{50-42}{10}=\mathrm{K}\left(\frac{50-42}{2}-\mathrm{T}_{0}\right)$
$\frac{8}{10}=\mathrm{K}\left(46-\mathrm{T}_{0}\right)$ $….(2)$
$\operatorname{eqn}(2) \div \operatorname{eqn}(1)$
$\frac{8}{10}=\frac{46-\mathrm{T}_{0}}{50-\mathrm{T}_{0}}$
$400-8 T_{0}=460-10 T_{0}$
$2 \mathrm{T}_{0}=60 \Rightarrow \mathrm{T}_{0}=30^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$