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An Ideal Carnot Engine Is Operated as a Thermodynamic Pump

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An ideal Carnot engine is operated as a thermodynamic pump to heat a room in the winter.The thermodynamic pump delivers thermal energy to the room at the rate of 47 kJ per second and maintains the room at a temperature of 293 K when the outside temperature is 237 K.The power requirement to run the thermodynamic pump under these operating conditions is closest to


A) 9000 W.
B) 7100 W.
C) 20,000 W.
D) 15,000 W.
E) 11,000 W.

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