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Determine temperature in body hours after death from equation.

Overview

Forensic scientists determine the temperature 'T' (in celcius) of a body 't' hours after death from the equation T=T_o+(37-T_o)0.97^t, where T_o is the air tempature. If a body is discovered at noon with a body tempature of 23 degrees celcius in a room at 15 degrees celcius, at what time did death occur.