OCR MEI Paper 3 2022 June — Question 6

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModulePaper 3 (Paper 3)
Year2022
SessionJune
TopicDifferential equations

6 A hot drink is cooling. The temperature of the drink at time \(t\) minutes is \(T ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }\).
The rate of decrease in temperature of the drink is proportional to \(( T - 20 )\).
  1. Write down a differential equation to describe the temperature of the drink as a function of time.
  2. When \(t = 0\), the temperature of the drink is \(90 ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }\) and the temperature is decreasing at a rate of \(4.9 ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }\) per minute. Determine how long it takes for the drink to cool from \(90 ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }\) to \(40 ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }\).