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Unreasonable Results

Avg difficulty 2.5

(a) Calculate the rate of heat transfer by conduction through a window with an area of 1.00 m21 .\text{00} \textrm{ }\text{m}^{2} that is 0.750 cm thick, if its inner surface is at 22.0ºC\text{22}.\text{0}º\text{C} and its outer surface is at 35.0ºC\text{35}.\text{0}º\text{C}. (b) What is unreasonable about this result? (c) Which premise or assumption is responsible?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 14.7 Radiation, exercise 32

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