Republic of the Philippines

BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Pablo Borbon Main II, Batangas City
College of Engineering, Architecture & Fine Arts
www.batstate-u.edu.ph Tel. No. (043) 425-0139 loc. 118

CHEMICAL AND FOOD ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

MATH 120 – Differential Equations

First Semester, AY 2017-2018

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1. A small metal bar, whose initial temperature was 20◦ C, is dropped into a large container of boiling
water. How long will it take the bar to reach 90◦ C if it is known that its temperature increases 2◦C in
one second?
2. A cup of coffee has a temperature of 200ºF and is placed in a room that has a temperature of 70ºF. After
10 minutes the temperature of the coffee is 150ºF.
(a) Find the temperature of the coffee after 15 minutes.

(b) When will the coffee have cooled to 100ºF?

3. At 1:00pm., a thermometer reading 70F is taken outside where the air temperature is -10F (ten below
zero). At 1:02pm., the reading is 26F. At 1:05pm., the thermometer is taken back indoors, where the air
is at 70F. What is the temperature reading at 1:09pm?
4. The body of a murder victim was discovered at 11:00 pm. At 11:30 pm, the victim's body temperature
was measured to be 94.6 °F. After 1 hour, the body temperature was 93.4 °F. The room where the body
was found at a constant temperature of 70 °F. Assuming that Newton's Law of Cooling is applicable and
assuming that the normal human body temperature is 37 °C, determine the time of death.
5. Bismuth-210 has a half-life of 5.0 days. Suppose there are 800mg present initially. How much of the
sample remains after 50 days?
6. A fossilized animal bone contains 30% of its original carbon - 14 content. Approximately how many
years ago did the animal die?
7. A tank initially holds 100 gallons of a brine solution containing 1lb of salt. At t=0 another brine solution
containing 1 lb of salt per gal is poured into the tank at the rate of 6 gal/min, while the well-stirred
mixture leaves the tank at the rate. Find the amount of salt in the tank at any time t.
8. A tank initially holds 100 gallons of brine solution containing 20lb of salt. At t=0, fresh water is poured
into the tank at the rate of 5 gal/min while the well-stirred. Mixture leaves the tank at the same rate. Find
the amount of salt in the tank at any time t. Find the amount of salt after 5 mins.
9. A series circuit consisting of 15 Ω resistance in the series with 3 H inductance is connected across a 20
V DC source. Assume t=0, i=0 find current when t=0.05 s.
10. A series RC Circuit consisting of R=10MΩ and an uncharged capacitor C=5 microfarad. The circuit is
connected across a 100VDC source at t=0. Determine the voltage across the resistor 5s later.
 Republic of the Philippines
BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Pablo Borbon Main II, Batangas City
College of Engineering, Architecture & Fine Arts
www.batstate-u.edu.ph Tel. No. (043) 425-0139 loc. 118

CHEMICAL AND FOOD ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

ChE 301 – Chemical Engineering Calculations 1

First Semester, AY 2017-2018

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