A room is heated by a 1.2 kW electric resistance heater whose wires have a diameter of

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A room is heated by a 1.2 kW electric resistance heater whose wires have a diameter of 4 mm and a total length of 3.4 m. The air in the room is at 23°C and the interior surfaces of the room are at 17°C. The convection heat transfer coefficient on the surface of the wires is 8 W/m· K. If the rates of heat transfer from the wires to the room by convection and by radiation are equal, the surface temperature of the wire is
(a) 3534°C

(b) 1778°C

(c) 1772°C

(d) 98°C

(e) 25°C

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