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Chapter 20 Problem 38

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The recovery time of a hot water heater is the time required to heat all the water in the unit to the desired temperature. Suppose that a 52-gal (1.00 gal 5 3.79 3 1023 m3 ) unit starts with cold water at 11 8C and delivers hot water at 53 8C. The unit is electric and utilizes a resistance heater (120 V ac, 3.0 V) to heat the water. Assuming that no heat is lost to the environment, determine the recovery time (in hours) of the unit.

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The first step in solving 20 problem number 38 trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: The recovery time of a hot water heater is the time required to heat all the water in the unit to the desired temperature. Suppose that a 52-gal (1.00 gal 5 3.79 3 1023 m3 ) unit starts with cold water at 11 8C and delivers hot water at 53 8C. The unit is electric and utilizes a resistance heater (120 V ac, 3.0 V) to heat the water. Assuming that no heat is lost to the environment, determine the recovery time (in hours) of the unit.
From the textbook chapter Electric Circuits you will find a few key concepts needed to solve this.

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

The recovery time of a hot water heater is the time

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