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Chapter 14 Problem 37

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A walrus transfers energy by conduction through its blubber at the rate of \(150 W\) when immersed in \(-1.00^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) water. The walrus’s internal core temperature is \(37.0^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) , and it has a surface area of \(2.00 m^{2}\) . What is the average thickness of its blubber, which has the conductivity of fatty tissues without blood?

Figure \(14.33\) Walrus on ice. (credit: Captain Budd Christman, NOAA Corps)

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Title College Physics  1 
Author Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs
ISBN 9781938168000

A walrus transfers energy by conduction through its

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