Problem

If a cup of coffee has temperature 95C in a room where the temperature is 20C, then, according to Newton's Law of Cooling, the temperature of the coffee after t minutes is
T(t)=20+75et/50
What is the average temperature (in degrees Celsius) of the coffee during the first half hour?
Average temperature = degrees Celsius

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So, the average temperature of the coffee during the first half hour is approximately 58.74C.

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Step 1 :To find the average temperature of the coffee during the first half hour, we need to integrate the temperature function from 0 to 30 minutes and then divide by the interval of time, which is 30 minutes.

Step 2 :First, we integrate the function T(t)=20+75et/50 from 0 to 30. The integral of T(t) from 0 to 30 is 030(20+75et/50)dt.

Step 3 :The integral can be split into two parts: 03020dt+03075et/50dt.

Step 4 :The first integral is easy to compute: 03020dt=2030=600.

Step 5 :The second integral is a bit more complex. We can use the formula for the integral of eat, which is 1aeat. So, 03075et/50dt=7550(e30/50e0).

Step 6 :Computing the second integral gives us 7550(e30/501)=7550(0.54931)=1162.25.

Step 7 :Adding the two parts of the integral together gives us the total integral: 600+1162.25=1762.25.

Step 8 :Finally, we divide the total integral by the interval of time to find the average temperature: 1762.2530=58.7417.

Step 9 :So, the average temperature of the coffee during the first half hour is approximately 58.74C.

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