An inventor claims to have developed a refrigerator that at steady state requires a net power input of 1.1 horsepower to remove 12,000 Btu/h of energy by heat transfer from the freezer compartment at -30°F and discharge energy by heat transfer to a kitchen at 70°F. Evaluate this claim. This claim is a) impossible b) possible

An inventor claims to have developed a refrigerator that at steady state requires a net power input of 1.1 horsepower to remove 12,000 Btu/h of energy by heat transfer from the freezer compartment at -30°F and discharge energy by heat transfer to a kitchen at 70°F. Evaluate this claim. This claim is a) impossible b) possible

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