(a) What is the cost of heating a hot tub containing 1500 kg of water from 10.0ºC to 40.0ºC , assuming 75.0% efficiency to account for heat transfer to the surroundings? The cost of electricity is 9 cents/kW ⋅ h . (b) What current was used by the 220-V AC electric heater, if this took 4.00 h?

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(a) What is the cost of heating a hot tub containing 1500 kg of water from 10.0ºC to 40.0ºC , assuming 75.0% efficiency to account for heat transfer to the surroundings? The cost of electricity is 9 cents/kW ⋅ h .

(b) What current was used by the 220-V AC electric heater, if this took 4.00 h?

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