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A detective finds a murder victim at 9 am. The temperature of the body is measured at 90.3F90.3^{\circ} \mathrm{F}. One hour later, the temperature of the body is 89.0F89.0^{\circ} \mathrm{F}. The temperature of the room has been maintained at ta constant 68F68^{\circ} \mathrm{F}. Assuming the temperature, T, of the body obeys Newton's Law of Cooling, write a differential equation for T.

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Temperature of the room is 68°68\text{\textdegree}F. Let HH be the temperature of the body.

dHdt=(H68)k\begin{equation*} \dfrac{dH}{dt}=-(H-68)k \end{equation*}

where kk is a positive constant.

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