A Chicken Is Taken Out of the Freezer $\left( 0 ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C } \right)$

question 37

Multiple Choice

A chicken is taken out of the freezer $\left( 0 ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C } \right)$ and placed on a table in a $20 ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }$ room. Ten minutes later the temperature is $2 ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }$ . It warms according to Newton's Law. How long does it take before the temperature reaches $15 ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }$ ?

• A) 122 minutes
• B) 127 minutes
• C) 132 minutes
• D) 137 minutes
• E) 142 minutes

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