Question: (1)(a) A thermometer has been stored in a room whose temperature is 68 degrees Fahrenheit. Four minutes after being taken outdoors it reads 64 degrees.

(1)(a) A thermometer has been stored in a room whose temperature is 68 degrees Fahrenheit. Four minutes after being taken outdoors it reads 64 degrees. After another four minutes it reads 61 degrees. Use Newton's Law of Cooling to compute the outdoor temperature. (You should set up the differential equation and solve it to obtain an equation giving temperature at time t.)(b) Consider the same scenario except that after the second four minutes the thermometer read 55 degrees. Comment on your answer.

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