Statement I: According to Newton’s law of cooling, the rate of loss of heat, -dQ/dt of the body is directly proportional to the difference of temperature. Statement II: This law holds for all type of temperature differences.

Question

Statement I: According to Newton’s law of cooling, the rate of loss of heat, -dQ/dt of the body is directly proportional to the difference of temperature. Statement II: This law holds for all type of temperature differences. (A) If both statement I and statement II are true and statement II is the correct explanation of statement I (B) If both statement I and statement II are true but statement II is not the correct explanation of statement I (C) If statement I is true but statement II is false (D) If both statement I and statement II are false

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Newton’s law of cooling, holds good only for small difference of temperature.

Q. Statement I: According to Newton’s law of cooling, the rate of loss of heat, −dQ/dt of the body is directly proportional to the difference of temperature. Statement II: This law holds for all type of temperature differences.

If both statement I and statement II are true and statement II is the correct explanation of statement I

If both statement I and statement II are true but statement II is not the correct explanation of statement I

If statement I is true but statement II is false

If both statement I and statement II are false

Newton’s law of cooling, holds good only for small difference of temperature.

Q. Statement I: According to Newton’s law of cooling, the rate of loss of heat, $- d Q / d t$ of the body is directly proportional to the difference of temperature.
Statement II: This law holds for all type of temperature differences.