Newton's law of cooling holds good only if the temperature difference between the body and the surroundings is

Hot water cools from $60^{\circ} C$ to $50^{\circ} C$ in the first $10 \ min$ and to $42^{\circ} C$ in the next $10 \ min$. Then the temperature of the surroundings is (in $^{\circ} C$)

If a liquid takes $30 \; s$ in cooling from $80^{\circ} C$ to $70^{\circ} C$ and $70 \; s$ in cooling from $60^{\circ} C$ to $50^{\circ} C$,then find the room temperature. (in $^{\circ} C$)

On what does the proportionality constant depend in Newton's law of cooling?

$A$ body cools in a surrounding which is at a constant temperature of $\theta_0$. Assuming that it obeys Newton's law of cooling,its temperature $\theta$ is plotted against time $t$. Tangents are drawn to the curve at the points $A(\theta = \theta_1)$ and $B(\theta = \theta_2)$. These tangents meet the time-axis at angles $\alpha_1$ and $\alpha_2$ as shown in the graph. Then:

$A$ body cools in $7$ minutes from $60^{\circ}C$ to $40^{\circ}C$. What time (in minutes) does it take to cool from $40^{\circ}C$ to $28^{\circ}C$ if the surrounding temperature is $10^{\circ}C$? Assume Newton's Law of cooling holds.