1) A student finds that the time to heat a thermal conducting plate of length 10 cm is 2 minutes and the time to heat another thermal conducting plate of the same thickness and length of 5 cm to the same temperature is 3 minutes.
a) Does this scenario accurately reflect the time it takes for heat to travel through a thermal conductor? Why or why not?
b) Do you think the time needed by the two plates to heat would be accurate if the plates were of the same length and thickness? Why or why not?