After sitting out of a refrigerator for a
while, a turkey at room temperature (
68°F) is placed into an oven. The oven
temperature is 305°F. Newton's Law of
Heating explains that the temperature of
the turkey will increase proportionally to
the difference between the temperature of
the turkey and the temperature of the
oven, as given by the formula below:
T = Ta + (To − Ta)e-kt
Ta
=
the temperature surrounding
the object
To
=
the initial temperature of the
object
t
=
the time in hours
T
=
the temperature of the object
after t hours
k = decay constant
The turkey reaches the temperature of
108°F after 3 hours. Using this
information, find the value of k, to the
nearest thousandth. Use the resulting
equation to determine the Fahrenheit
temperature of the turkey, to the nearest
degree, after 4.5 hours.