You have just bought a Carnot refrigerator to keep your frozen vegetables frozen. If you intend to run your refrigerator between the cold temperature reservoir at -5°C (the inside of the box) and the high temperature reservoir at 26°C (your kitchen temperature) how much work will be needed to draw 15 J of heat from the cold reservoir?

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You have just bought a Carnot refrigerator to keep your frozen vegetables frozen. If you intend to run your refrigerator between the cold temperature reservoir at -5°C (the inside of the box) and the high temperature reservoir at 26°C (your kitchen temperature) how much work will be needed to draw 15 J of heat from the cold reservoir? 

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