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

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The electric motor of a heat pump transfers energy as heat from the outdoors, which is at – 5.0oC, to a room that is at 17oC.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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Fundamentals of Physics

ISBN: 978-0471758013

8th Extended edition

Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick

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