Tyrone put two cups of tea on a table table. The amount of tea in each cup was the same, but on fip was black and one cup was white. This table shows how the temperature of each cup of tea changed over 12 minutes.
Cup of tea
Tea in the white cup
Initial temperature (*C) 95
Final temperature (*C) 76
Tea in the black cup
Initial temperature (*C) 90
Final temperature (*C) 71
The next time Tyrone drinks tea, he does not want it to cool down quickly. What should he do to minimize the rate of thermal energy transfer out of the cup of tea?
A.put the tea in the white cup
B. Put the tea in the black cup
C. Either; the rate or thermal energy transfer is the same whether the cup is white or black