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Advanced Math practice question

A cup of tea cools so that the difference between its temperature and the room's temperature halves every 10 minutes. The difference is 60 degrees now. What will the difference be, in degrees, after 30 minutes?

Answer: 7.5 or 15/2

Three halvings in 30 minutes: 60 × (1/2)³ = 60/8 = 7.5.

Common wrong answers

If you answered 15
15 is after two halvings (20 minutes).
If you answered 20
20 divides 60 by 3, treating the process as linear.
If you answered 30
30 is after ONE halving (10 minutes).

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