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Answer:
(b) He is correct. The tea will cool exponentially since it cools at a percentage rate every minute.
Step-by-step explanation:
Newton's Law of Cooling says the change in temperature is proportional to the temperature. This relation gives rise to an exponential function describing the temperature.
In this description, the temperature referred to is the <em>difference</em> between the temperature of the object and the temperature of the environment to/from which heat is being transferred.
Juan is only partially correct. The function is exponential, but the temperature that should be used in his equation is not the temperature of the tea, but the temperature difference between the tea and his desk.
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The curve is not linear and not parabolic, excluding the other answer choices.
