Heating of a liquid
A liquid with dissolved solids was placed on a stove at a certain setting and the temperature of the liquid was measured over time. The data was graphed (temperature vs time) which gave a curved line that maxed out. A best fit of the data yielded an equation for the line, and the first derivative of that equation gave a rate of change of the temperature per unit time:
f '(t)=30e−0.3t
This equation describes how the liquid responds to the heat setting of the stove.
For this experiment, the amount that the temperature increased from 0 to 5 minutes can be calculated using integrals, which can give total amounts:
∫f '(t)dt = ∫30e−0.3tdt
= -30/0.3(e−0.3*5-e0) this result is found by looking up the integral ∫ae−btdt in a table of integrals and using the boundary conditions 0 and 5.
= 77.7 degrees Celsius
