A solid rectangular parallelepiped is made of aluminum and is initially at 20 C. The base is a 2 cm by 3 cm rectangle and the height of the parallelepiped is 5 cm. The parallelepiped is now dropped into hot oil at 150 C. Find: a) the temperature of point P and b) the temperature of the center of the parallelepiped after 2 min of exposure to hot oil. Point P is located 1 cm above the center plane and 1 cm from each side

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A solid rectangular parallelepiped is made of aluminum and is initially at 20 C. The base is a 2 cm by 3 cm rectangle and the height of the parallelepiped is 5 cm. The parallelepiped is now dropped into hot oil at 150 C. Find: a) the temperature of point P and b) the temperature of the center of the parallelepiped after 2 min of exposure to hot oil. Point P is located 1 cm above the center plane and 1 cm from each side

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