Michael Jackson's dead body was found at around 6:24 PM in a hotel room where the temperature is maintained at 18°C. At that time, its temperature was found out to be 30.5°C and dropped to 29.75°C half an hour later. Assuming that his body temperature was normal (37°C) the moment he died, estimate Michael Jackson's time of death using Newton's law of cooling. Express your answer in HH:MM format rounded off to the nearest 1/12 of an hour. Express final answer as a one-line implicit function.

Michael Jackson's dead body was found at around 6:24 PM in a hotel room where the temperature is maintained at 18°C. At that time, its temperature was found out to be 30.5°C and dropped to 29.75°C half an hour later. Assuming that his body temperature was normal (37°C) the moment he died, estimate Michael Jackson's time of death using Newton's law of cooling. Express your answer in HH:MM format rounded off to the nearest 1/12 of an hour. Express final answer as a one-line implicit function.

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