When you brew a coffee you're creating a Solution.
Tiny particles from coffee grounds, or solutes, are dissolved in water, the solvent.
The concept required to solve this problem is the optical relationship that exists between the apparent depth and actual or actual depth. This is mathematically expressed under the equations.

Where,
Depth of glass
Refraction index of water
Refraction index of glass
Refraction index of air
Depth of water
I enclose a diagram for a better understanding of the problem, in this way we can determine that the apparent depth in the water of the logo would be subject to



Therefore the distance below the upper surface of the water that appears to be the logo is 4.041cm
Answer: B
Explanation:
It's not the time it took to heat the substance, so that rules out A and C.
This means that we only have to choose between
B. the area of contact
D. the area of the substances
(since everything else in each of those answers are the same)
Area of contact matters more (e.g. an object with greater surface area is exposed to the air more, will lose/gain heat quicker than an object with less surface area).