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Newtons problem - Miraclefruit - Mar-06-2017
Newton’s Law of Cooling states that when a hot liquid is placed in a cool
room, each minute the decrease in the temperature is approximately proportional
to the difference between the liquid’s temperature and the room’s temperature.
That is, there is a constant k such that each minute the temperature loss is
k # (liquid s temperature - room s temperature). Suppose a cup of 212°F coffee is
placed in a 70°F room and that k = .079. Determine the number of minutes required
for the coffee to cool to below 150°F.
k = 0.79
room = 70
cup = 212
tempLoss = 0
minutes = 0
while (cup > 150):
tempLoss = k*(cup - room)
cup -= tempLoss
minutes += 1
print("The coffee will cool to below 150 degrees in 7", minutes, "minutes")This keeps giving me 1 minute
RE: Newtons problem - micseydel - Mar-06-2017
You're off by a 0 in your k constant.
RE: Newtons problem - Miraclefruit - Mar-06-2017
(Mar-06-2017, 02:16 AM)micseydel Wrote: You're off by a 0 in your k constant.
wow i can't believe that was the problem haha. thanks