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If a cup of coffee is at 90°C and a person with a body temperature of 36°C touches it, how will heat flow between them?

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Heat will flow from high to low until equilibrium is met. Therefore, heat will flow from 90 C from 36 C.

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Answer:

Heat flows from coffee to person body.

Step-by-step explanation:

Heat always flow from higher temperature body to lower temperature body.

According to the second law of thermodynamics, the heat always flow from higher temperature body to low temperature body without being aided by any machine.

The temperature of coffee is more than the temperature of human body. So the heat flows from coffee to human body.

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