Just before midday the body of an apparent homicide vic- tim is found in a room that is kept at a constant tempera- ture of 70°F. At 12 noon the temperature of the body is 80°F and at 1 P.M. it is 75°F. Assume that the temperature of the body at the time of death was 98.6°F and that it has cooled in accord with Newton's law. What was the time of death?
Just before midday the body of an apparent homicide vic- tim is found in a room that is kept at a constant tempera- ture of 70°F. At 12 noon the temperature of the body is 80°F and at 1 P.M. it is 75°F. Assume that the temperature of the body at the time of death was 98.6°F and that it has cooled in accord with Newton's law. What was the time of death?
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