Edexcel C34 2016 January — Question 6

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC34 (Core Mathematics 3 & 4)
Year2016
SessionJanuary
TopicDifferential equations

6. A hot piece of metal is dropped into a cool liquid. As the metal cools, its temperature \(T\) degrees Celsius, \(t\) minutes after it enters the liquid, is modelled by $$T = 300 \mathrm { e } ^ { - 0.04 t } + 20 , \quad t \geqslant 0$$
  1. Find the temperature of the piece of metal as it enters the liquid.
  2. Find the value of \(t\) for which \(T = 180\), giving your answer to 3 significant figures. (Solutions based entirely on graphical or numerical methods are not acceptable.)
  3. Show, by differentiation, that the rate, in degrees Celsius per minute, at which the temperature of the metal is changing, is given by the expression $$\frac { 20 - T } { 25 }$$
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