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An inventor claims to have developed a heat pump that produces 200 kW of heating for a 293 K heated zone whilst only using 75 kW of power and a heat source at 273 K. Using the max. theoretical efficiency of this device, justifythe validity of this claim. [5]

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Answer is 14.65

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An inventor claims to have developed a heat pump that produces 200 kW of heating for-example-1
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