Question: A Carnot heat pump provides 2 0 0 0 0 0 k ( J ) / ( h ) to a house to maintain it

A Carnot heat pump provides 200000 k(J)/(h) to a house to maintain it at 25\deg C. Throughout the month of December (31 days), the heat pump operates 4 hours per day to transfer heat from a heat source to the inside of the house. There are two options for the outside energy source: Option 1 is to use the outside air at 0\deg C as the energy source and Option 2 is to use lake water at 10\deg C as the energy source. If electricity costs 0.1(kW)/(h) determine how much money can be saved in December by using the lake water as opposed to the air. Note: 1(kW)/(h)
=1kJ .( h)/(s).
A Carnot heat pump provides 2 0 0 0 0 0 k ( J ) /

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