The differential equation below models the temperature of an 89°C cup of coffee in a 21°C room, where it is known that the coffee cools at a rate of 1°C per minute when its temperature is 71°C. Solve the differential equation to find an expression for the temperature of the coffee at time t. (Let y be the temperature of the cup of coffee in °C, and let t be the time in minutes, with t = 0 corresponding to the time when the temperature was 89°C.) dy dt = − 1 50 (y − 21)

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Answer:

[tex]y(t) = 68e^{\frac{-t}{50}}+21[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Consider the differential equation [tex]\frac{dy}{dt}= \frac{-1}{50}(y-21)[/tex]. NOte that this fullfills the condition that the coffee cools down 1°C when y=71°C. We have the initial condition that y(0) = 89°C. Note that this is a separable differential equation, since

[tex]\frac{dy}{(y-21)}= \frac{-dt}{50}[/tex] which leads to

[tex]\int\frac{dy}{(y-21)}= \int \frac{-dt}{50}[/tex]. This gives us the following result

[tex]\text{ln}\left|y-21\right| = \frac{-t}{50}+C[/tex] where C is a constant. Then, using the exponential function we have

[tex]y-21 = e^{\text{ln}(y-21)} = Ae^{\frac{-t}{50}}, where A = e^{C}[/tex] which is another constant.

Given the initial condition, we have that when t=0, y = 89, then

[tex]89-21 = Ae^{\frac{0}{50}} = A = 68[/tex]

Then, the final solution is

[tex]y(t) = 68e^{\frac{-t}{50}}+21[/tex]