Hot water cools from $60\,^oC$ to $50\,^oC$ in the first $10\,minutes$ and to $42\,^oC$ in the next $10\,minutes.$ The temperature of the surroundings is ...... $^oC$

  • A
    $25$
  • B
    $10$
  • C
    $15$
  • D
    $20$

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