SOLUTION: Scene Of The Crime (SOCO) operatives discover a corpse, an apparent murder victim. They Arrive at 8 AM and note that the body’s temperature is 80 Farenheit, by 10:30 AM, the tempe

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Question 883705: Scene Of The Crime (SOCO) operatives discover a corpse, an apparent murder victim. They Arrive at 8 AM and note that the body’s temperature is 80 Farenheit, by 10:30 AM, the temperature has dropped to 75 Farenheit . Noting that the thermostat in the room is set to maintain a constant temperature of 65 Farenheit, and assuming that the victim’s temperature was 99 Farenheit when he died, at what time did the fatal murder happen?
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Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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8,80
10.5,75
y= -2x+96
99= -2x+96
3=-2x
-1.5
12-1.5=10:30 pm


10.5 pm 99
11 98
11.5 97
12 midnight 96
12.5 95
1 am 94
1.5 93
2 92
2.5 91
3 90
3.5 89
4 88
4.5 87
5 86
5.5 85
6 84
6.5 83
7 82
7.5 81
8 am 80 given
8.5 79
9 78
9.5 77
10 76
10.5 am 75 given
11 74
11.5 73
12 noon 72