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ENagel

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Consider two neighboring rectangular houses built from the same materials. One of the houses has twice the length, width, and height of the other.
 
  Under identical climatic conditions, what would be true about the rate that heat would have to be supplied to maintain the same inside temperature on a cold day? Compared to the small house, the larger house would need heat supplied at A) twice the rate.
  B) 4 times the rate.
  C) 16 times the rate.
  D) 6 times the rate.
  E) 8 times the rate.

Question 2

Consider a classroom 10.0 m long by 6.0 m wide by 4.0 m high at room temperature 20.C and 1.0 atmosphere.
 
  (a) How many moles of gas are contained in the room?
  (b) Assuming an average molecular weight of 28, what is the mass of the room air?



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

(a) 10.  103 gram-moles
(b) 2.8  102 kg





 

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