At 7AM one morning detectives find a murder victim in a closed meat locker. The temperature of the victim measures 88F. Assume the meat locker is always kept at 40F, and the time of death the victim's temperature was 98.6F. When the body is finally removed at 8AM, its temperature is 86F.
(a) When did the murder occur?
(b) How big an error in the time of death would result if the live body temperature was known only to be between 98.2 and 101.4?
(a) When did the murder occur?
(b) How big an error in the time of death would result if the live body temperature was known only to be between 98.2 and 101.4?
