Assuming lumped heat transfer, think that in a cold winter day, you are leaving your house with your hot coffee at 85 C. The time constant of the coffee is 3 minutes. Determine its temperature after 9 minutes if the ambient temperature is 2 C?       6.15 C       3 C       Not sufficient information       None       12.2 C

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Assuming lumped heat transfer, think that in a cold winter day, you are leaving your house with your hot coffee at 85 C. The time constant of the coffee is 3 minutes. Determine its temperature after 9 minutes if the ambient temperature is 2 C?
 
 
 
6.15 C
 
 
 
3 C
 
 
 
Not sufficient information
 
 
 
None
 
 
 
12.2 C
 
 
 
15.3 C
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