Calculate the amount of natural gas that you need to burn to heat fifty-eight gallons of water from room temperature at 70°F to 120°F to take a shower if the water heater has an efficiency of the following. (Assume a heating value of 1,000 Btu/ft3 for natural gas. Note that 1 gallon of water has a mass of 8.34 Ibm. Enter the volumes in ft3.) (a) 72% ft3 (b) 82% | ft3 (c) 96% | ft3

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Calculate the amount of natural gas that you need to burn to heat fifty-eight gallons of water from room temperature at 70°F to 120°F to take a shower if the water heater has an efficiency of the following. (Assume a heating value of 1,000 Btu/ft3 for natural gas. Note
that 1 gallon of water has a mass of 8.34 Ibm. Enter the volumes in ft3.)
(a) 72%
ft3
(b) 82%
| ft3
(c) 96%
| ft3
Transcribed Image Text:Calculate the amount of natural gas that you need to burn to heat fifty-eight gallons of water from room temperature at 70°F to 120°F to take a shower if the water heater has an efficiency of the following. (Assume a heating value of 1,000 Btu/ft3 for natural gas. Note that 1 gallon of water has a mass of 8.34 Ibm. Enter the volumes in ft3.) (a) 72% ft3 (b) 82% | ft3 (c) 96% | ft3
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