The electric motor of a heat pump transfers energy as heat from the outdoors, which is

Chapter 20, Problem 38

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The electric motor of a heat pump transfers energy as heat from the outdoors, which is at 5.0 C, to a room that is at 17 C. If the heat pump were a Carnot heat pump (a Carnot engine working in reverse), how much energy would be transferred as heat to the room for each joule of electric energy consumed?

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