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Old November 1st, 2009, 10:02 PM
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Default differential equations

a sphere with radius of 1meter has a temp = 15degrees. It lies inside a concentric sphere with radius of 2meters and temp = 25degrees. The temp T(r) at a distance r from the common center of the spheres satisfies the differential equation

(d^2T)/dr^2 +(2/r)(dT/dr) = 0

if we let S=dT/dr then S satisfies a first order differential equation. Solve it to find an expression for the temperature T(r) between the spheres.
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