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Chapter 15 Problem 70

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The wattage of a commercial ice maker is 225 W and is the rate at which it does work. The ice maker operates just like a refrigerator or an air conditioner and has a coeffi cient of performance of 3.60. The water going into the unit has a temperature of 15.0 8C, and the ice maker produces ice cubes at 0.0 8C. Ignoring the work needed to keep stored ice from melting, fi nd the maximum amount (in kg) of ice that the unit can produce in one day of continuous operation.

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Title Physics 10e 
Author David Young, Shane Stadler
ISBN 9781118486894

The wattage of a commercial ice maker is 225 W and is the

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