A sphere, a cube and a thin circular plate all of same material and same mass initially heated to same high temperature are allowed to cool down under similar conditions. Then the
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The rate of heat transfer is directly proportional to the surface area.
As surface area of sphere 
cube 
circular plate for a given volume, the circular plate will cool fastest and sphere the slowest.
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