The interior of a refrigerator has a surfacearea of 5.5 m2. It is insulated by a 2.1 cmthick material that has a thermal conductiv-ity of 0.0269 J/m · s · C. The ratio of the heatextracted from the interior to the work doneby the motor is 8.2% of the theoretical maxi-mum. The temperature of the room is 34.8C,and the temperature inside the refrigerator is0.8C.Determine the power required to run thecompressor.Answer in units of W.
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