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Byrd has a mug of coffee at a temperature of 93°C. He sets the mug on a counter in a room with an air temperature of 25°C. What is most likely to happen to the temperature of the coffee?

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The hot coffee will transfer thermal energy into the air, and the energy transfer will continue until the coffee is at room temperature.
The air will transfer thermal energy into the coffee, and the energy transfer will continue until the coffee is at room temperature.
The hot coffee will transfer thermal energy into the air and will continue to transfer energy until they are both 93℃.
The air will transfer thermal energy into the coffee and will continue to transfer energy until they are both 93℃.

The hot coffee will transfer thermal energy into the air, and the energy transfer will continue until the coffee is at room temperature.

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Yes, I am sure. When a hotter object comes into contact with a cooler object, heat transfer occurs from the hotter object to the cooler object until they reach thermal equilibrium. In this case, the hot coffee will transfer thermal energy to the cooler air in the room until both reach the same temperature, which is the room temperature of 25°C.

The air will transfer thermal energy into the coffee, and the energy transfer will continue until the coffee is at room temperature.

The most likely scenario is that the hot coffee will transfer thermal energy into the air, and the energy transfer will continue until the coffee is at room temperature. This is because heat flows from objects with higher temperature to objects with lower temperature in an attempt to equalize the temperatures. So, when the coffee is placed on the counter, it will lose heat to the surrounding air until both the coffee and the air reach the same temperature. Therefore, the coffee will cool down to the room temperature of 25°C.