A thermometer reading 96o is placed inside a cold storage room with a constant temperature of 37o If the thermometer reads 88o in 5 minutes, how long before it reaches 53o Assume the cooling follows Newton's Law of Cooling:  U = T + (Uo - T)ekt.

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A thermometer reading 96o is placed inside a cold storage room with a constant temperature of 37o If the thermometer reads 88o in 5 minutes, how long before it reaches 53o Assume the cooling follows Newton's Law of Cooling:
 U = T + (Uo - T)ekt.

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