A body was found at midnight (12 a. m.) in a warehouse where the temperature was 55F. The medical examiner found the temperature of the body to be 66F. What was the approximate time of death? Use Newtons law of cooling with k=0.1947

T (t) = TA = (To-TA) e^-kt

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Shane Chang · Answer 1

The person had died approximately at 4:55p. m.

A body was found at midnight (12 a. m.) in a warehouse where the temperature was 55F. The medical examiner found the temperature of the body to be 66F. What was the approximate time of death? Use Newtons law of cooling with k=0.1947T (t) = TA = (To-TA) e^-kt