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Models & Qualitative Behavior · Hard problem

Two cups sit in a 20∘20^\circC room and obey Newton's law of cooling. Cup A starts at 100∘100^\circC and its excess temperature over the room halves every 1010 minutes. Cup B is insulated: it starts at 40∘40^\circC and its excess halves every 2020 minutes. At some moment the two cups have the same temperature. What is that temperature (in ∘^\circC)?