The wall of a room is made of plywood that has a thickness of 3.00 cm and an area of 18.0 m?. The room temperature is maintained at 25.0 °C higher than outside temperature. Ignore other heat loss mechanisms except by conduction. Given that: Thermal conductivity of plywood, kpływood = 0.0800 W m¯1 °C-' (a) Find the magnitude of the rate of heat loss through the wall. (b) culate the amount of heat loss through the wall in half a day.

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The wall of a room is made of plywood that has a thickness of 3.00 cm and an area of
18.0 m?. The room temperature is maintained at 25.0 °C higher than outside
temperature. Ignore other heat loss mechanisms except by conduction.
Given that:
Thermal conductivity of plywood, kpływood = 0.0800 W m¯1 °C-'
(a)
Find the magnitude of the rate of heat loss through the wall.
(b)
Calculate the amount of heat loss through the wall in half a day.
Transcribed Image Text:The wall of a room is made of plywood that has a thickness of 3.00 cm and an area of 18.0 m?. The room temperature is maintained at 25.0 °C higher than outside temperature. Ignore other heat loss mechanisms except by conduction. Given that: Thermal conductivity of plywood, kpływood = 0.0800 W m¯1 °C-' (a) Find the magnitude of the rate of heat loss through the wall. (b) Calculate the amount of heat loss through the wall in half a day.
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