mooobag
Oct10-10, 10:47 PM
This isn't really homework but my homework made me wonder about this. Any good links to formulas, graphs etc would help make my calc homework unnecessarily accurate.
I'm in a calc class we've been getting problems that require us to graph the temperature of a hot coffee cup as it sits on a table.
All the problems require is that we know that the coffee cup sinks to the temperature of the room over time and stays there but I wonder this:
What shape does the temperature function take?
is it a curve?
is it a line?
does the temperature plummet and take a sharp turn toward the infinite?
Also, how do I figure out how much the coffee cup heats the room? This is the second law of thermodynamics right?
I'm in a calc class we've been getting problems that require us to graph the temperature of a hot coffee cup as it sits on a table.
All the problems require is that we know that the coffee cup sinks to the temperature of the room over time and stays there but I wonder this:
What shape does the temperature function take?
is it a curve?
is it a line?
does the temperature plummet and take a sharp turn toward the infinite?
Also, how do I figure out how much the coffee cup heats the room? This is the second law of thermodynamics right?