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Why does hot water freeze faster than cold water?

Hot water freezes sooner than cold water because of the rate of cooling alone.Hot water cools at a much more rapid rate than the cool water, due to the larger temperature differential of the hot water container. But as the hot water container reaches the same temperature as the cold water container, the temperature differentials become the same, and from that point on, both containers will cool at the same rate.


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