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Exercise 106

Avg difficulty 2.5

Take an example in the source text with the same numbers: 89 degrees at t=0t=0, 85 degrees at t=1t=1, and ambient temperature of 22 degrees. Suppose these temperatures were measured with a precision of ±0.5\pm 0.5 degrees. Given this imprecision, the time it takes the coffee to cool to (exactly) 60 degrees is also only known in a certain range. Find this range. Hint: Think about what kind of error makes the cooling time longer and what shorter.

Lebl, Notes on Diffy Qs, §1.3 Separable equations, exercise 106

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