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Chapter 17 Problem 17.66

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An electric kitchen range has a total wall area of \(1.40\mathrm{\ m}^2\) and is insulated with a layer of fiberglass 4.00 cm thick. The inside surface of the fiberglass has a temperature of \(175^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) and its outside surface is at \(35.0^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\). The fiberglass has a thermal conductivity of \(0.040\mathrm{\ W}/\mathrm{m}\cdot\mathrm{K}\). (a) What is the heat current through the insulation, assuming it may be treated as a flat slab with an area of \(1.40\mathrm{\ m}^2\)? (b) What electric-power input to the heating element is required to maintain this temperature?

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Title Sears and Zemansky's University Physics with Modern Physics 13 
Author Hugh D. Young; Roger A. Freedman; A. Lewis Ford
ISBN 9780321696861

An electric kitchen range has a total wall area of and is

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