Using the Time Constant At noon, with the temperature in your house at 75°F and the outside temperature at 95°F, your air conditioner breaks down. Suppose that the time constant 1/k for your house is 4 hours.
(a) What will the temperature in your house be at 2:00 PM?
(b) When will the temperature in your house reach 80°F?
NOTE: Engineers often state problems in terms of the time constant 1/k, the reciprocal of the constant of proportionality in Newton’s Law of Cooling.
We need at least 10 more requests to produce the solution.
0 / 10 have requested this problem solution
The more requests, the faster the answer.