Consider two hot bodies B1 and B2. which have temperatures 100∘C and 80∘C respectively at t = 0 .The temperature of the surroundings is 40∘C. The ratio of the respective rates of cooling R1 and R2 of these two bodies at t = 0 will be
Initially at t = 0
Rate of cooling (R) µ Fall in temperature of body (q - q0)
⇒R1R2=θ1−θ0θ2−θ0=100−4080−40=32