A cool box made of a material, having Thermal Conductivity of 0.47 W/m-C has a total area of 6.2m ^ 2 and its walls have an average thickness of 1.9cm. The box contains ice and glass bottled beverages at the freezing point of water. The inside part of the box is kept cold by melting ice. How much ice (in kg) melts in 6 hours if the icebox is kept in a room at 114 F?

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A cool box made of a material, having Thermal Conductivity of 0.47 W/m-C has a total area of 6.2m ^ 2 and its walls have an average thickness of 1.9cm. The box contains ice and glass bottled beverages at the freezing point of water. The inside part of the box is kept cold by melting ice. How much ice (in kg) melts in 6 hours if the icebox is kept in a room at 114 F?

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