A COPPER BLOCK ,MASS 500g AND AT 200 DEGREES CELCIUS GIVES OUT ENERGY AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 50W.

(i)what is temperature after 5 min ?
(ii)how long will it take before its temperature drops to 50 degrees celcius

1 answer

POwer= heat/time= mass*specificheat*(tf-ti)/time where time is in seconds.
i) change time to seconds, solve for tf.

ii) solve for time.