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A cup of coffee cools from $90^{\circ}$C ….

A cup of coffee cools from $90^{\circ}$C to $80^{\circ}$C in t minutes when the room temperature is $20^{\circ}$C. The time taken by a similar cup of coffee to cool from $80^{\circ}$C to $60^{\circ}$C at the same room temperature $20^{\circ}$C is:

(1) $\frac {13}{10}$t
(2) $\frac {13}{5}$t
(3) $\frac {10}{13}$t
(4) $\frac {5}{13}$t Continue reading A cup of coffee cools from $90^{\circ}$C ….