A sphere, a cube and a thin circular plate, all of same material and same mass are initially heated to same high temperature.
(a) Plate will cool fastest and cube the slowest
(b) Sphere will cool fastest and cube the slowest
(c) Plate will cool fastest and sphere the slowest
(d) Cube will cool fastest and plate the slowest.
A sphere, a cube and a thin circular plate, all of same material and same mass are initially heated to same high temperature.
(a) Plate will cool fastest and cube the slowest
(b) Sphere will cool fastest and cube the slowest
(c) Plate will cool fastest and sphere the slowest
(d) Cube will cool fastest and plate the slowest.
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This is a multiple choice answer as classified in NCERT Exemplar
(c) density = mass/volume as density is same so volume is also same.
According to Stefan’s law H AT4 where A is the area and T is the temperature

Hsphere:Hcube:Hplate= Asphere:Acube:Aplate
As Aplate is maximum.
Hence the plate will cool the fastest.
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