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Mathematics 255 - Spring 2017

Homework

Problems 3-5: 1

Problems 3-7: 1, 2

Problems 3-8: 1, 2, 3

Also:

  1. An object, initially at $45^\circ$, is placed in a room held at a constant $70^\circ$. If after 10 minutes the temperature of the object has increased to $50^\circ$, when will object reach a temperature of $60^\circ$?
  2. Charcoal from the Lascaux Cave in France had 15% of it's original carbon-14. How old was the charcoal?

Answers:

  1. 41 minutes
  2. 15,683 years