A hot metal bar is submerged in a large reservoir of water whose temperature is . The temperature of the bar after submersion is . After submerged, the temperature has cooled to .
(a) Determine the cooling constant .
(b) What is the differential equation satisfied by the temperature of the bar?
Use F for F(t).
(c) What is the formula for ?
(d) Determine the temperature of the bar at the moment it is submerged.
Initial temperature =
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