JEE Main 2024 — Differential Equations Question with Solution
From: JEE Main 2024 (Online) 31st January Evening Shift
Question
The temperature of a body at time is and it decreases continuously as per the differential equation , where is a positive constant. If , then is equal to
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\begin{aligned} & \frac{\mathrm{dT}}{\mathrm{dt}}=-\mathrm{k}(\mathrm{T}-80) \\ & \int_\limits{160}^{\mathrm{T}} \frac{\mathrm{dT}}{(\mathrm{T}-80)}=\int_\limits0^{\mathrm{t}}-\mathrm{Kdt} \\ & {[\ln |\mathrm{T}-80|]_{160}^{\mathrm{T}}=-\mathrm{kt}} \\ & \ln |\mathrm{T}-80|-\ln 80=-\mathrm{kt} \\ & \ln \left|\frac{\mathrm{T}-80}{80}\right|=-\mathrm{kt} \\ & \mathrm{T}=80+80 \mathrm{e}^{-\mathrm{kt}} \\ & 120=80+80 \mathrm{e}^{-\mathrm{k} .15} \\ & \frac{40}{80}=\mathrm{e}^{-\mathrm{k} 15}=\frac{1}{2} \\ & \therefore \mathrm{T}(45)=80+80 \mathrm{e}^{-\mathrm{k} .45} \\ & =80+80\left(\mathrm{e}^{-\mathrm{k} .15}\right)^3 \\ & =80+80 \times \frac{1}{8} \\ & =90 \end{aligned}
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