On a cold night a house is losing heat at a rate of 15 kW. A reversible

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On a cold night a house is losing heat at a rate of 15 kW. A reversible heat pump maintains the house at 20oC while the outside temperature is 0oC.
(a) Determine the heating cost for the night (8 hours).
(b) Also determine the heating cost if resistance heating were used instead. Assume the price of electricity to be 15 cents/kWh.
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