if two cups of tea one at 80 degrees
and one at 50 d are placed in a cold room what one would get to room temp first and why won't they fall to 0 d i think q1 is 50 d am i right
thanks so much
Yes,the cooler gets closer sooner. Read about Newton's law of cooling. Your question, why wont they fall to zero? Is the room that cold?
To determine which cup of tea will reach room temperature first, we need to consider the concept of heat transfer. Heat will always flow from a hotter object to a colder object until they reach thermal equilibrium (i.e., the same temperature). In this scenario, both cups of tea are initially hotter than the room temperature.
The cup of tea at 80 degrees Fahrenheit has a higher temperature than the cup at 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Thus, the cup at 80 degrees will cool down faster and reach room temperature first. However, it is important to note that both cups of tea will eventually reach room temperature.
As for your question about whether the cups would fall to 0 degrees, no, they will not. The reason is that objects cool down until they reach the temperature of their surroundings, but they don't cool further unless there is active cooling or the surroundings are at a temperature below freezing (0 degrees Celsius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit). In this case, since the room is not below freezing, the cups will stop cooling once they reach room temperature and will not continue to cool down to 0 degrees.